Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dryfesdale

Dryfesdale (popularly Drysdale), par., Dumfries-shire, 10,231 ac., pop. 2971; contains the town of Lockerbie, 25¾ miles NW. of Carlisle and 75¼ miles SW. of Edinburgh.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Dryfesdale ScoP       Dumfries Shire ScoCnty
Place names: DRYFESDALE     |     DRYSDALE
Place: Dryfesdale

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