Kirkcudbrightshire
Kirkcudbrightshire is a Scottish county on the Solway Firth in the south-west of Scotland.
Its county town is Kirkcudbright.
Kirkcudbrightshire was known by other names in the past: East Galloway because it is the eastern part of the old Kingdom of Galloway, and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, because it was once governed by a steward employed by the Lord of Galloway and not a sheriff appointed by the king.
Kirkcudbrightshire is named after the town of Kirkcudbright, which means "Cuthbert's church".
Towns[change | change source]
- Kirkcudbright, county town
- Castle Douglas
- Dalbeattie
- Gatehouse of Fleet
- Maxwelltown
- Minnigaff
- New Galloway
- St John's Town of Dalry
Villages[change | change source]
- Auchencairn
- Balmaclellan
- Carsphairn
- Carsethorn
- Creetown
- Crocketford
- Kirkbean
- Kirkgunzeon
- Laurieston
- New Abbey
- Ringford
- Springholm
- Twynholm
For local government, the county is in the Dumfries and Galloway council area.
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