Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Bhaile na h-Ùige, Scots: Wigtounshire) is one of the historic counties of Scotland, covering...
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The Wigtownshire Cup was an association football cup competition, originally for clubs in the historic county of Wigtownshire, Scotland, although from...
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(Scottish Gaelic: Blaidneach) is a small village on the River Bladnoch in Wigtownshire, Scotland, located just outside the county town of Wigtown. The River...
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region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council area...
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Wigtownshire RFC is a rugby union side based in Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. They run a Men's XV and a Woman's XV. Wigtownshire play Newton...
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corresponds to the historic shires of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Wigtownshire, the last two of which are collectively known as Galloway. The three...
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The Stranraer and Wigtownshire Free Press is a local weekly newspaper based in Stranraer, Scotland, which primarily serves Stranraer and the Rhins area...
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Stranraer (category Wigtownshire)
population of nearly 13,000. Stranraer is the administrative centre for the Wigtownshire area of Dumfries and Galloway. It was formerly a ferry port, connecting...
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Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the tenth Earl. He sat as Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire. On his death, the...
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Cairngaan (redirect from Cairngaan, Wigtownshire)
Cairngaan, Wigtownshire, is the southmost settlement in Scotland. The hamlet of Cairngaan lies just north of the Mull of Galloway (which contains Scotland's...
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north-east, Dumfriesshire to the south-east, and Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire to the south. Like many other counties of Scotland, it currently has...
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Earl, represented Wigtownshire in the House of Commons as a Conservative and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Wigtownshire. His grandson, the...
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Stewart (died 1769), of Castle Stewart, Wigtownshire, was a Scottish politician. He was a Member (MP) for Wigtownshire in 1747–1754. Members Constituencies...
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Isla Grant is a Scottish singer and songwriter. Born in Wigtownshire, Scotland, Grant grew up in a musical family and was greatly influenced by the folk...
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The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railways was a network of railway lines serving sparsely populated areas of south-west Scotland. The title appeared...
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Club was an association football club from the village of Garlieston, Wigtownshire. The club was founded in 1926, a decade after the previous club of note...
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The 1873 Wigtownshire by-election was fought on 21 February 1873. The byelection was fought due to the Succession to a peerage of the incumbent MP of the...
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counties of Ayrshire, Dumfriesshire, Roxburghshire, Berwickshire and Wigtownshire. Most of these were from families who had been resettled in the Ulster...
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Mull of Galloway (redirect from Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire)
reference NX158303) is the southernmost point of Scotland. It is situated in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, at the end of the Rhins of Galloway peninsula...
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Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire The MacDoualls of Logan, Kirkmaiden, Wigtownshire The MacDowalls of Machrimore, (Machermore, Machars, Old Luce, Wigtownshire in southern...
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media relations. Cooper started his career working on the Stranraer and Wigtownshire Free Press weekly newspaper in 1984. He subsequently returned as editor...
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Port William, Dumfries and Galloway (redirect from Port William, Wigtownshire)
fishing village in the parish of Mochrum in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, in Scotland with a population of approximately...
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Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire at 54°38′N 4°52′W / 54.633°N 4.867°W / 54.633; -4.867 Southernmost settlement – Cairngaan, Wigtownshire at 54°38′N 4°54′W...
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List of burghs in Scotland (section Wigtownshire)
The following list includes all effective burghs in Scotland from the coming into force of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 55),...
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Cree Rovers F.C. was an association football club from Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland. The club was founded in January 1878, and was named after...
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Scotland. She spent part of her childhood in different parts of Scotland, Wigtownshire, Galloway, Perthshire and Ayrshire, due to frequent moves by her family...
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Glasgow and South Western Railway (redirect from Glasgow and South Western Railway (Ayrshire and Wigtownshire Railway and Bridge Street Joint Station Glasgow) Act 1892)
but instead to merge the PR and the Wigtownshire Railway. The combined network formed the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway, purchased by a consortium...
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Wigtownshire, was a Scottish constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United...
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Douglas Kirkcudbrightshire DG DG08 DG8 Newton Stewart Wigtownshire DG DG09 DG9 Stranraer Wigtownshire DG DG10 Moffat Dumfriesshire DG DG11 Lockerbie Dumfriesshire...
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Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire at 54°38′N 4°52′W / 54.633°N 4.867°W / 54.633; -4.867 Southernmost settlement – Cairngaan, Wigtownshire at 54°38′N 4°54′W...
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