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    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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    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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    (/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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  • 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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    / 55.006; -3.278 Annandale (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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    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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  • Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Barfad Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Bargatton Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Barhapple Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Barlockhart...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • The Dumfries & Galloway Standard is a tabloid newspaper which primarily serves Dumfries and the surrounding towns and villages such as Thornhill, Sanquhar...
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    Alister Jack (category People from Dumfries)
    Parliament (MP) for Dumfries and Galloway from 2017 to 2024. Alister Jack was born on 7 July 1963 in Dumfries, Scotland, to David and Jean Jack (who was...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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