Wigtownshire

Information about Wigtownshire

County of Wigtown
Geography
Area
- Total		Ranked 17th
311,984 acres (1263 km²)
County townWigtown
Chapman codeWIG
The County of Wigtown, or Wigtownshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Bhaile na h-Uige) is a registration county in the south west of Scotland. It borders Ayrshire to the north, and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright to the east. Together The Stewartry and Wigtownshire are referred to as Galloway : until the 19th century Wigtownshire was also sometimes known as West Galloway.[1]

As Wigtown, it is a lieutenancy area. The county town was historically Wigtown. On the establishment of a county council in 1890, Stranraer, the largest town in the county, became the administrative centre. Wigtown includes the southernmost point in Scotland, the Mull of Galloway, the Machars and the Rhins of Galloway peninsula. Major road links to the area comprise of the A77 to the north, and the A75 to the east. It is currently administered by Dumfries and Galloway Council.

Until 1975 it was a county.

Major towns

Other significant towns and villages

References

1. ^ New Statistical Account of Scotland. (1834).


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This is a list of counties in Scotland, ordered by area.
Rank County Area (acres)
1 Inverness-shire 2,695,037
2 Argyllshire 1,990,471
3 Ross-shire 1,676,741
4 Perthshire 1,617,808
5 Sutherland 1,297,846
6 Aberdeenshire 1,251,451
7 Ayrshire 728,186
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A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county.
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Wigtown
Gaelic - Baile na h-Uige
Scots - Wigtoun


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Scottish Gaelic}}} 
Official status
Official language of: Scotland
Regulated by: Bòrd na Gàidhlig
Language codes
ISO 639-1: gd
ISO 639-2: gla
ISO 639-3: gla

Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig
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A registration county was, in the United Kingdom, a statistical unit used for the output of census information. Registration counties were formed by grouping together the registration districts wholly or partly within a county.
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Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit   (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"   
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Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir in Scottish Gaelic) is a region of south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and the new town (and ancient royal burgh) of Irvine. The town of Troon (pop.
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The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright (IPA: /kɚˈkuːbriː/; Siorrachd Chille Chuithbheirt in Gaelic) or Kirkcudbrightshire (IPA:
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Galloway (Scottish Gaelic, Gall-Ghàidhealaibh or Gallobha, Lowland Scots Gallowa) is an area in southwestern Scotland. It usually refers to the former counties of Wigtown (or historically West Galloway) and Kirkcudbright (or historically East
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The 19th Century (also written XIX century) lasted from 1801 through 1900 in the Gregorian calendar. It is often referred to as the "1800s.
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The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial lords-lieutenant, the monarch's representatives, in Scotland. They are different from the local government council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the former regions and
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Wigtown
Gaelic - Baile na h-Uige
Scots - Wigtoun


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18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1860s  1870s  1880s  - 1890s -  1900s  1910s  1920s
1887 1888 1889 - 1890 - 1891 1892 1893

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Stranraer
Gaelic - An t-Sròn Reamhar
Scots - Stranraer


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Mull of Galloway (grid reference NX158303 ) is the southernmost point of Scotland. It is situated in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

A lighthouse is positioned at the point (Latitude 54° 38.1’N Longitude 04° 51.4’W).
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The Machars (Gd: Machair (Ghallghaidhealaibh); lit. "the Plains (of Galloway)") is a peninsula in Galloway in the south-west of Scotland. The word is derived from the Gaelic word Machair
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The Rhins of Galloway (known locally simply as The Rhins; Scottish Gaelic: Na Rannaibh [1] ) is a hammer-head peninsula in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
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The A77 road is a major road in Scotland.
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The A75 is a major road in Scotland, heading west along the south coast of Scotland from its junction with the A74(M) motorway at Gretna. It continues past Eastriggs, Annan, Dumfries, Castle Douglas, Gatehouse of Fleet, Newton Stewart and Glenluce before terminating at
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Dumfries and Galloway
Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh

Location

Geography

Area Ranked 3rd
 - Total 6,426 km²
 - % Water ?
Admin HQ Dumfries
GB-DGY
ONS code 00QH
Demographics
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Newton Stewart
Gaelic - Baile Ur nan Stiùbhartach


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Stranraer
Gaelic - An t-Sròn Reamhar
Scots - Stranraer


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Whithorn


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Wigtown
Gaelic - Baile na h-Uige
Scots - Wigtoun


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Ardwell (from Gaelic "Ard Bhaile" meaning "high town", pronounced as "Ardwell") is a village in the Scottish unitary council area of Dumfries and Galloway. It lies on the shores of Luce Bay in the southern part of the Rhins of Galloway.
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Not to be confused with Drummuir, north east Scotland

Drummore (from the Gaelic: An Druim Mòr meaning the "large ridge".) is a village lying where the Kildonan Burn runs out to the sea, a few miles north of The Mull of Galloway at the southern end of the
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