Dumfries and Galloway (Scots: Dumfries an Gallowa; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland...
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in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, 25 miles (40 km) from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is...
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(/ˈænən/ AN-ən; Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Anainn) is a town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. Historically part of Dumfriesshire...
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Dumfries and Galloway is a constituency in Scotland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by John Cooper of the Scottish Conservatives...
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Gretna (Scottish Gaelic: Greatna) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, originally part of the historic county of Dumfriesshire. It is located...
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Dumfries and Galloway may refer to: Dumfries and Galloway, one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, located in the western Southern Uplands Dumfries...
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-3.278 Annandale (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Anann) is a strath in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, named after the dale of the River Annan. It runs north–south...
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a village in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill sits in...
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village in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. The village is located on the edge of a 15,000-acre (61 km2) human-made conifer forest, and is approximately...
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Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway. A native or inhabitant of Galloway is called...
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Wigtownshire (redirect from Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway)
used for local government. Since 1975 the area has formed part of Dumfries and Galloway for local government purposes. Wigtownshire continues to be used...
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Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Barfad Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Bargatton Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Barhapple Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Barlockhart...
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Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary is the main hospital in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The hospital is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway. The...
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Closeburn (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Osbairn) is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is on the A76 road 2+1⁄2 miles...
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a village and parish in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies 5 miles south-west of Kirkcudbright and 6 miles south...
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county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, in Scotland with a population of approximately 460. Port William has a post office and small general store...
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Kirkcudbrightshire (redirect from East Galloway)
used for local government. Since 1975, the area has formed part of Dumfries and Galloway for local government purposes. Kirkcudbrightshire continues to be...
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/ 55.193694; -3.871833 Glencairn is an ecclesiastical and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. According to John Bartholomew's 1887 Gazetteer...
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Dumfries and Galloway is an NHS board serving the Dumfries and Galloway region. It is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. NHS Dumfries and Galloway...
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village in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, with a view of Rough Island, Hestan Island, the Solway Firth and sometimes the Cumbrian coast...
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of the River Dee in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Parton Row is the name of the cottages rebuilt in 1901...
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Inch is a civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It lies on the shore of Loch Ryan, in the traditional county of Wigtownshire. The...
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Stranraer (category Towns in Dumfries and Galloway)
Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on Loch Ryan and the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland. Stranraer...
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small village around 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Stranraer, in Dumfries and Galloway in south-west Scotland. In 1971 it had a population of 355. In the...
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Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary was the territorial police force responsible for Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland until 1 April 2013. The police force...
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no historical record of this (M. Bryson, "'Bee's Wing’ and 'Beeswing'", Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society Newsletter, 1999, 36, 9–10, at 10)...
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is a civil parish, containing the small village of Keir Mill, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, one mile south of Penpont. It was founded in the late...
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Dumfriesshire (redirect from Dumfries & Annandale)
Since 1975, the area of the historic county has formed part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area for local government purposes. The coastline measures...
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Cockpool, and others. John Johnston, laird of Newbie was a depute border warden. A tower house or castle at Newbie owned by the Johnston family and the Earls...
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Galloway and West Dumfries (Gaelic: Gall-Ghaidhealaibh agus Dùn Phrìs an Iar) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of...
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