Place:


Eliock  Dumfries Shire

 

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Eliock like this:

Eliock House, on Eliock Burn, in par. and 1½ mile SE. of Sanquhar, NW. Dumfries-shire; birthplace of "the Admirable Crichton" (1560-1583).

Additional information about this locality is available for Sanquhar

Eliock through time

Eliock is now part of Dumfries and Galloway district. Click here for graphs and data of how Dumfries and Galloway has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Eliock itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eliock, in Dumfries and Galloway and Dumfries Shire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26935

Date accessed: 26th April 2024


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