Wigtownshire - Citizendia

County of Wigtown until circa 1890

Geography
Area - Total	Ranked 17th 311,984 acres (1263 km²)
County town	Wigtown
Chapman code	WIG

The County of Wigtown, or Wigtownshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Bhaile na h-Uige) is a registration county in the south west of Scotland. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. A county town is the 'capital' of a County in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. It is not to be confused with the town in north-west England called Wigton Wigtown ( Gd: Baile na h-Uige Chapman codes are largely a superset of the ISO 3166-2GB and BS 6879 codes identifying administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. A registration county was in England Wales and Northern Ireland a statistical unit used for the output of Census information Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It borders Ayrshire to the north, and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright to the east. Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir ʃir̴əxg̊ iɲiɾʲˈaːɾʲ is a Registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright (kɚˈkuːbriː Siorrachd Chille Chuithbheirt in Gaelic) or Kirkcudbrightshire (kɚˈkuːbriːʃɚ was formerly a Together The Stewartry and Wigtownshire are referred to as Galloway : until the 19th century Wigtownshire was also sometimes known as West Galloway. Galloway ( Gaelic: Gall-Ghaidhealaibh, əŋ ɡauɫ̪ɣəɫ̪əv or Gallobha, Lowland Scots Gallowa) is an area in southwestern The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar ^[1]

As Wigtown, it is a lieutenancy area. The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial lord-lieutenants, the monarch 's representatives in Scotland. The county town was historically Wigtown. A county town is the 'capital' of a County in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. It is not to be confused with the town in north-west England called Wigton Wigtown ( Gd: Baile na h-Uige On the establishment of a county council in 1890, Stranraer, the largest town in the county, became the administrative centre. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Stranraer ( Gaelic: An t-Sròn Reamhar, ən̴̪ t̪ɾɔːn ɾãũ Wigtown includes the southernmost point in Scotland, the Mull of Galloway, the Machars and the Rhins of Galloway peninsula. The Mull of Galloway ( Scottish Gaelic: Maol nan Gall mɯːlˠ̪ nəŋ g̊aulˠ̪ ( is the southernmost point of Scotland. Machars ( Gd Machair ( Ghallghaidhealaibh) lit "the Plains (of Galloway" is a Peninsula in Galloway in the south-west The Rhins of Galloway (also known as The Rhins; and can be spelt The Rhinns; Scottish Gaelic: Na Rannaibh) is a hammer-head Peninsula Major road links to the area comprise the A77 to the north, and the A75 to the east. The A77 road is a major Road in Scotland. It runs in a southwesternly direction from the city of Glasgow, past the towns of Newton Mearns, 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 is currently administered by Dumfries and Galloway Council. Dumfries and Galloway ( Gaelic: Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh, d̪̊unˈfɾʲiʃ aɡ̊əs̪ əŋ ɡ̊auɫ̪ɣəɫ̪əv is one of 32 council areas

Until 1975 it was a county. The counties of Scotland were the principal divisions of Scotland until 1975

Major towns

Other significant towns and villages

References

^ New Statistical Account of Scotland. Newton Stewart ( Gd Baile Ur nan Stiùbhartach) is a Burgh town in the south of Scotland in the west of the region of Dumfries and Galloway Stranraer ( Gaelic: An t-Sròn Reamhar, ən̴̪ t̪ɾɔːn ɾãũ Whithorn ( Taigh Mhàrtainn in Gaelic) is a former Royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about ten miles south of Wigtown It is not to be confused with the town in north-west England called Wigton Wigtown ( Gd: Baile na h-Uige Ardwell (from Gaelic "Ard Bhaile" meaning "high town " pronounced as "Ardwell" is a village in the Scottish Unitary council Sandhead is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. Not to be confused with Drummuir, north east Scotland Drummore (from the Gaelic: see below is a village at the southern end of the Rhins Glenluce ( Gaelic Clachan Ghlinn Lus, kɫ̪axan ɣliɲˈɫ̪us̪ is a village in the Scottish area of Dumfries and Galloway. Kirkcowan is a Village and Parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Portpatrick ( Gd Port Phàdraig) is a village hanging on to the extreme south-westerly tip of mainland Scotland, cut into a cleft in steep cliffs Port William is a small fishing Village in the county of Wigtownshire in south west Scotland. New Luce is a village in the Scottish Unitary council area of Dumfries and Galloway. (1834).

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