Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Kirkcudbright. You may be able to find further references to Kirkcudbright in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Kirkcudbright a town and a parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Kirkcudbright.

Place Type of entry Source
Bombie a ruined castle Groome
Buckland a burn Groome
Carse a farm Groome
Carse farm Bartholomew
Fludha an estate, with a mansion Groome
Janefield an estate, with a mansion Groome
Kirkland a hamlet Groome
Parkgate a hamlet Groome
St Mary's Isle the seat Groome
Whinneyleggat a place, with a post office and a public school Groome
Whinnyleggate place with school Bartholomew

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Kirkcudbright within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Daniel Defoe Letter 12, Part 1: South-Western Scotland 6
William Camden Scotland: South of the Antonine Wall 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Kirkchrist 0 2
Galtway 0 2
Tongland 0 3
Twynholm 0 2
Senwick 0 2
Borgue 0 2
Dundrennan 0 2
Rerrick 0 2
Little Ross 0 2
Kirkandrews 0 2
Gatehouse of Fleet 0 2
Kelton 0 2
Auchencairn 0 2
Anworth 0 2
Gelston 0 2
Cardoness 0 2
Castle Douglas 0 2
Balmaghie 0 2
Buittle 0 2
Crossmichael 0 2