Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Minnigaff

Minnigaff, par. and hamlet, Kirkcudbright - par., 88,130 ac., pop. 1587; the hamlet, on river Cree, is nearly opposite Newton Stewart, part of which (Creebridge) is situated within the par.; Professor Alexander Murray, D.D. (1775-1813), the Oriental scholar, was a native.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Minnigaff ScoP       Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty
Place: Minnigaff

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