see also Dumfries and Galloway UK Parliament constituency infobox Scotland council area Council Dumfries and Galloway br Dumfries an Gallowa br D n Phris is Gall Ghaidhealaibh Image File Dumfries and Galloway ... km2 sqmi abbr on Water ? AdminHQ Dumfries ISO GB DGY ONS 00QH CouncilDetails Dumfries and Galloway ... Fergusson Scottish politician Alex Fergusson ul File Dumfries and Galloway topo.png thumb upright 1.5 Topographic map of Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway lang sco Dumfries an Gallowa lang ... and the County of DumfriesDumfries shire , hence Dumfries and Galloway . The regions were abolished by the Local Government etc. Scotland Act 1994 and Dumfries and Galloway became one ... is well known for its many artists and writers. Geography The Dumfries and Galloway region is composed ... Nithsdale Annandale Eskdale, Dumfries and Galloway Eskdale The term Dumfries and Galloway has ... that name. Dumfries and Galloway covers the majority of the Western area of the Southern Uplands http ... , Colvend, Rockcliffe, Dumfries and Galloway Rockcliffe , and Portling. There is also a unigue round ... known as Dumfries and Galloway Council, instead of Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council . Transport ... provide High speed Sea Service HSS sailings between Stranraer and Belfast Dumfries and Galloway is home ... A76 A77 road A77 A701 road A701 A709 road A709 Emergency services The Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary is the police force for the region, and is the smallest in the United Kingdom. Dumfries and Galloway ... across Dumfries and Galloway. NHS Dumfries and Galloway provide healthcare services across the region. The two main hospitals are the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary in Dumfries and Galloway Community Hospital in Stranraer. Education Dumfries & Galloway Council provides nursery, primary ... , Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Thornhill Wildlife The region is known as a stronghold for several ... Bike Trails. ref mountain biking centres in Dumfries and Galloway at Dalbeattie , Mabie , Ae, Glentrool ... more details
Dumfries and Galloway may mean or refer to Dumfries and Galloway , unitary authority of Scotland Dumfries and Galloway constituency Dumfries and Galloway , the constituency to be represented in the British House of Commons House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disambig ... more details
Image The old graveyard at Unthank.jpg thumb The old graveyard at Unthank Unthank is a village in Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland . coord 55 14 24 N 2 58 06 W display title References coorOS DEFAULTSORT Unthank, Dumfries And Galloway Category Villages in Dumfries and Galloway DumfriesGalloway geo stub ... more details
Image Tinwald, Dumfries and Galloway.jpg thumb Houses in Tinwald Tinwald is a village in Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland, lying a little north of Locharbriggs outside Dumfries . Tinwald was the birthplace of William Paterson banker William Paterson , who helped to found the Bank of England . The town is near the former RAF Tinwald Downs which is the now the Dumfries Aviation Museum. coord 55 07 06 N 3 33 51 W region GB display title DumfriesGalloway geo stub Category Villages in Dumfries and Galloway ... more details
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 Aird Scottish Gaelic Gaelic An ird is a village in the Scotland Scottish council area of Dumfries and Galloway , four kilometres from Stranraer . coord 54 53 56 N 4 58 18 W type city 200 region GB display title DEFAULTSORT Aird, Dumfries And Galloway Category Dumfries and Galloway DumfriesGalloway geo stub ... more details
Heck is a Hamlet place hamlet in the local government area of Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland . Heck is convert 2 mi southeast of the town of Lochmaben and is convert 1 mi north of the village of Hightae . External links http www.scottish places.info towns townfirst5554.html Its page in the Gazetteer for Scotland coord 55 06 25 N 03 25 05 W type city region GB DGY display title DEFAULTSORT Heck, Dumfries And Galloway Category Villages in Dumfries and Galloway DumfriesGalloway geo stub ... more details
Infobox NHS health board name Dumfries and Galloway image Image Nhsdumgal.jpg area Dumfries and Galloway size 2,400 square miles start ? population 148,500 staff Hospitals List of hospitals in Scotland Dumfries and Galloway List of hospitals HQ Dumfries map Image NHSdumgal.png web http www.nhsdg.scot.nhs.uk www.nhsdg.scot.nhs.uk NHS Dumfries and Galloway Scottish Gaelic language Gaelic B rd SSN D n Phris agus an Gall Ghaidhealaibh is the health board serving the Dumfries and Galloway region. It is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland . NHS Dumfries & Galloway provides health care and promotes healthy living for the people of Dumfries and Galloway. The population served is just 146,500, but within a large geographical area of about convert 2400 sqmi km2 . Dumfries and Galloway stretches from Langholm in the East to Stranraer in the West, and from Kirkconnel and Carsphairn in the North down to the Solway Coast . There are a number of Community Hospitals throughout the region, and an intermediate unit including maternity services and medical & surgical beds in Stranraer. ref http www.nhsdg.scot.nhs.uk dumfries 9538.html Dumfries and Galloway NHS About Us Bot generated title ref Its headquarters are at Crichton Hall, Dumfries. Board Members Chairman Mr. Mike Keggans Vice Chairman ... Hospital Images gallery Image Dgri.jpg New wing of Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. Deleted image removed Image Stranraerhospital.jpg Galloway Community Hospital in Stranraer. gallery br References references External links http www.nhsdg.scot.nhs.uk NHS Dumfries and Galloway Hospitals in Dumfries and Galloway NHS Scotland Category NHS Dumfries and Galloway Category Dumfries and Galloway ... Chair, Area Clinical Forum Hazel Dykes Local Authority Ivor Hyslop Hospitals Within Dumfries br Crichton Royal Hospital Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary Nithbank Hospital br br Outwith Dumfries br Annan Hospital Castle Douglas Hospital Galloway Community Hospital , Stranraer Kirkcudbright Hospital ... more details
infobox UK place country Scotland official name Parkgate gaelic name population population density os grid reference latitude 55.173 longitude 3.544 unitary scotland Dumfries and Galloway lieutenancy scotland Dumfries constituency westminster Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale UK Parliament constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency scottish parliament Dumfries Scottish Parliament constituency Dumfries constituency scottish parliament1 post town DUMFRIES postcode district DG1 postcode area DG dial code 01387 edinburgh distance london distance static image static image caption area total sq mi Parkgate is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland. The village centre is located just to the east of the A701 road A701 approximately convert 8 mi 0 north of Dumfries and a few miles east of the Forest of Ae . ref cite web url http www.visionofbritain.org.uk gaztext page.jsp?u id 10083515 title Kirkmichael through time publisher A vision of Britain accessdate 2012 02 08 ref There is a small primary school located to the east of the village. ref cite web url http www.dumgal.gov.uk index.aspx?articleid 4297 title Nethermill Primary School publisher Dumfries and Galloway Council accessdate 2012 02 08 ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Parkgate, Dumfries And Galloway Category Villages in Dumfries and Galloway DumfriesGalloway geo stub ... more details
coord 55.039 3.571 display title region GB scale 5000 Infobox University name Dumfries and Galloway College native name latin name image name Dumgalcollege.jpg image size motto Learning Without Walls tagline established 1973 Dumfries Heathall Campus Only type Further education endowment staff principal Tony Jakimciw chancellor head label head students 9,000 students per year average city Dumfries state Dumfries & Galloway country Scotland campus Heathall & George Street Dumfries , Stranraer , free label free colours affiliations website http www.dumgal.ac.uk Dumfries and Galloway College is a further education college in Dumfries and Galloway , with campuses in Dumfries , Stranraer and Newton Stewart . It offers a wide range of courses, including business, computing, construction, creative industries, education, engineering, hairdressing, beauty and complimentary therapies, health and social studies, hospitality and sports and recreation. In 2008 their campus moved from Heathhall to its new campus, which shares its library with the University of the West of Scotland. External links official http www.dumgal.ac.uk Category Further education colleges in Scotland Category Education in Dumfries and Galloway UK university stub ... more details
This List of places in Dumfries and Galloway is a list of links for any town , village , hamlet place ... , river , loch , and other place of interest in Dumfries and Galloway . CompactTOC8 short1 num no sym ... A Ae, Scotland Ae Airds of Kells Airieland Amisfield Anglo Scottish border Annan, Dumfries and Galloway Annan , Annan railway station , Annan Academy Annandale, Dumfries and Galloway Annandale ... Balmaghie Bankend Bargrennan Beattock Beeswing, Dumfries and Galloway Bogrie Hill Bogue Borgue, Stewartry ... Dalton, Dumfries and Galloway Dalton Dornock Drumcoltran Tower Drumlanrig , Drumlanrig Castle Drummore Dryfesdale Dryffe Water , Annandale, Dumfries and GallowayDumfries , Dumfries Academy , Dumfries High School , Dumfries railway station Dundrennan , Dundrennan Abbey , Dundrennan Range Dunscore E Eaglesfield Eastriggs Ecclefechan Eskdalemuir G Galloway , Galloway Forest Park , Galloway hydro ... Glenlochar Glenluce Greenhillstairs Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway Gretna , Gretna Green , Gretna ... K Keir, Dumfries and Galloway Keir Kenmure Castle Kippford Kirkcolm Kirkconnel , Kirkconnel ... , Kirkpatrick Fleming L Langholm Lauriston, Dumfries and Galloway Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway ... Newton Stewart Newton Wamphray Nithsdale P Parton, Dumfries and Galloway Penpont Port William Portpatrick , Portpatrick Railway R Rhins of Galloway Rigg Ringford River Annan , River Esk, Dumfries and Galloway ... Summerhill, Dumfries Sweetheart Abbey T Templand Terregles Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Threave Castle , Threave Gardens National Trust for Scotland Twynholm Tynron U Unthank, Dumfries and Galloway Urr Water W Wallace Hall Academy , Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Thornhill Wanlockhead Water ... Dumfries and Galloway Category Lists of places in Scotland Dumfries and Galloway ... Auld brig dumfries.jpg thumb right Devorgilla Bridge, Dumfries Image Dundrennan Abbey.jpg thumb right ... Carrutherstown Carsphairn Castle Douglas , Castle Douglas Art Gallery , Castle Douglas and Dumfries ... more details
Infobox Hospital Name Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary Org Group NHS Dumfries and Galloway Image dgri.jpg Caption optional map type optional uses the Template Location map format must have latitude and longitude if using this. latitude used only for adding a map, with map type longitude used only for adding a map, with map type Logo optional Region Dumfries , Dumfries and Galloway State Scotland Country UK Coordinates optional use template coord with display inline,title HealthCare NHS Type ... http www.nhsdg.scot.nhs.uk dumfries 9671.html Dumfries and Galloway NHS Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary Bot generated title ref Founded Closed Website http www.nhsdg.scot.nhs.uk dumfries 9671.html Wiki Links Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary is the main hospital in Dumfries . The hospital serves both the town of Dumfries and the entire catchment area of South West Scotland, with a population of at least 147,000. ref http www.edu.rcsed.ac.uk pps pps77.pps ref The hospital is run by the Dumfries and Galloway Health Board also known as Dumfries & Galloway NHS Board and a supporter of the Princess Royal Trust for the Carers Hospital project. ref http www.nhsdg.scot.nhs.uk dumfries 10750.html Dumfries and Galloway NHS Princess Royal Trust for Carers Hospital Carers Support Project .... The Cresswell maternity ward ref http www.nhsdg.scot.nhs.uk dumfries 10316.html Dumfries and Galloway ... the country as required. ref http www.nhsdg.scot.nhs.uk dumfries 10331.html Dumfries and Galloway ... addicitions service within Dumfries and Galloway. ref http www.nhsdg.scot.nhs.uk dumfries 10140.html Dumfries and Galloway NHS How To Find Us Bot generated title ref References Reflist Hospitals in Dumfries and Galloway coord 55.05642 N 3.59918 W type landmark region GB display title Category Dumfries and Galloway Category NHS hospitals Category Hospitals in Scotland Category Buildings and structures in Dumfries and Galloway ... more details
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coord 55.008 N 4.042 W display title Image Parton, Galloway.jpg thumb right 300px The village of Parton Parton is a village situated on the banks of the River Dee, Galloway River Dee in Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland . Prominent mathematical physics mathematical physicist James Clerk Maxwell lived at the nearby Glenlair Glenlair House . He was famous for developing formulae governing electricity and magnetism as well as the Maxwell Boltzmann distribution Maxwell distribution in the kinetic theory kinetic theory of gases . Maxwell is buried under the family gravestone in the churchyard of Parton Kirk and a plate on the wall of the church commemorates him. Also buried in the kirkyard is Elma Yerburgh 1864 1946 ref cite web title Monumental Inscriptions at Parton Kirkyard url http www.kirkyards.co.uk parton parton.asp?offset 220 publisher www.kirkyards.co.uk accessdate 13 February 2011 ref of the Thwaites Brewery family from Blackburn , who lived at nearby Barwhillanty. ref cite web title The Woodfold Estate url http www.nationalarchives.gov.uk a2a records.aspx?cat 055 ddx1936&cid 0&kw Woodfold 20Estate, 20Pleasington, 20Blackburn 0 work Documents relating to the Woodfold Estate, Pleasington, Blackburn publisher The National Archives accessdate 13 February 2011 ref Red Kites have recently been introduced to the area and can be seen at http www.gallowaykitetrail.com gallowaykitetrail redkiteparton.html Parton viewing station Parton railway station was part of the Portpatrick Railway Portpatrick line , but closed in 1965. References Reflist External links http www.kirkyards.co.uk parton.asp Transcriptions and photographs of Gravestones in Parton Churchyard Category Villages in Dumfries and Galloway DumfriesGalloway geo stub ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 The village of Dalton is a small settlement about 10 miles southeast of Dumfries and 4 miles south of Lockerbie . The village has an 18th century church, one of its past ministers being The Rev. John W. Morris MA, who is buried near the southern boundary of the church. Several families have lived here for more than 150 years, including the Byers, Bells Almagill , Shuttleworths Almagill , Carruthers Dormont , Murrays Murraythwaite , and Steels Kirkwood . Dalton has a Thai restaurant and pub, and a well used village hall. About 1 mile west of Dalton on the Carrutherstown road is Dalton Pottery. ref http www.welcometoscotland.com things to do shopping dumfriesgalloway dalton pottery ref On the farms around Dalton, there are several self catering, stone built, holiday cottages at Kirkwood offering tourist accommodation and walking in peace and quiet, as well as fishing on the River Annan . References reflist Coord 55 03 11 N 3 23 16 W region GB DGY type city display title DEFAULTSORT Dalton, Dumfries And Galloway Category Villages in Dumfries and Galloway DumfriesGalloway geo stub de Dalton Dumfries and Galloway ... more details
improveref date July 2011 Infobox Newspaper name Dumfries & Galloway Standard logo Image Dumfries and Galloway Standard.jpg image caption type Twice weekly format Tabloid owners Scottish & Universal Newspapers Limited publisher editor chiefeditor assoceditor maneditor newseditor managingeditordesign campuseditor campuschief opeditor sportseditor photoeditor staff foundation 1853 political language English ceased publication headquarters Dumfries circulation sister newspapers ISSN oclc website http www.dgstandard.co.uk www.dgstandard.co.uk The Dumfries & Galloway Standard is a tabloid newspaper primarily serves Dumfries and the surrounding towns and villages such as Thornhill, Sanquhar, Lockerbie and Annan. But it also covers Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright, Gretna and news in Wigtownshire such as in the town of Stranraer. Its sister paper is the Galloway News which covers the Galloway area more in depth with Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright and Dalbeattie the three main towns in its patch. Both are owned by Scottish & Universal Newspapers Limited, also known as the Trinity Mirror . The Standard, as it is collquially known, was established in 1853 and prints twice weekly on a Wednesday and a Friday. It was the 2003 regional newspaper of the year. ref cite news title Scottish titles win prizes url http www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk awards 030512scot.shtml publisher HoldtheFrontPage.co.uk date 2003 05 12 accessdate 2 January 2009 ref It was named Weekly Newspaper of the Year in Scotland by the Newspaper Society in 2007 and also won Scottish Weekly Newspaper of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards in May 2010. References reflist External links http www.dgstandard.co.uk Dumfries & Galloway Standard Website Trinity Mirror Category Newspapers published in Scotland Category Publications established in 1853 Category Trinity Mirror journalism stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 File Courthill Smithy, Keir Mill.jpg thumb Courthill Smithy Keir is a civil parishes in Scotland civil parish , containing the small village of Keir Mill , in Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland , one mile south of Penpont . It was founded in the late eighteenth century. The village was the birthplace of Kirkpatrick Macmillan , the inventor of the bicycle . A plaque on his home, Courthill Smithy, commemorates this. He is buried in the churchyard of the parish churc. The church itself is in the Gothic archiecture gothic style, of Capenoch ashlar , and was built from 1813 1815. It features a pencil steeple architecture steeple and battlement ed tower . The other notable building in the village is the mill, built in 1771. Coord 55.219 N 3.795 W display title Category Villages in Dumfries and Galloway DumfriesGalloway geo stub ... more details
Infobox law enforcement agency agencyname Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary nativename nativenamea nativenamer commonname abbreviation fictional patch patchcaption logo Dumfriesandgallowaybadge.PNG logocaption badge badgecaption flag flagcaption imagesize motto mottotranslated formedyear 1948 merger formedmonthday preceding1 dissolved superseding employees volunteers budget legalpersonality country United Kingdom countryabbr UK national federal international divtype Areas divname Dumfries and Galloway divdab subdivtype subdivname subdivdab map ScotlandPoliceDumfriesGalloway.png mapcaption dmap ... footnotes reference Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for the subdivisions of Scotland council area of Dumfries and Galloway ... , Kirkcudbrightshire , and Wigtownshire , and preceded the creation of the former Dumfries and Galloway ... aboutUs ourStaff profiles cc.htm title Profile Chief Constable publisher Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary ... publisher Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary accessdate 2011 04 03 ref On 17 January, the Police and Fire ... crashed in the town of Lockerbie , within the police area of Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary ... Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary UK home nations police forces Category Dumfries and Galloway Category Police forces of Scotland Category Government agencies established ... no Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary ... headquarters Dumfries hqlocmap hqlocmapwidth hqlocmapheight hqlocmapborder hqlocleft hqloctop ... url http www.dumfriesandgalloway.police.uk aboutus history.htm title Our History publisher Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary accessdate 2011 04 03 ref The current Chief Constable is Patrick Shearer ..., 11 in Lockerbie included citizens of 21 nations. The subsequent police investigation, led by Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary, was the largest ever mounted in Scottish history and became a murder ... more details
Wallace, a merchant in Glasgow and native of Closeburn, Dumfries and Galloway Closeburn . Alumni ... enthusiast. References references External links commonscat inline Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway DEFAULTSORT Thornhill, Dumfries And Galloway Category Towns in Dumfries and Galloway gd .... The Thornhill Dumfries railway station railway station , closed in 1965, is on the old Glasgow and South Western main line from Carlisle railway station Carlisle and Dumfries to Kilmarnock and Glasgow ... bus services, including the Stagecoach Group Stagecoach service 246 Dumfries to Ayr and the MacEwans service 102 Dumfries to Edinburgh. Thornhill sits in the Nith valley in close proximity to ranges ... more details
Closeburn is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland. The village is on the A76 road convert 2 1 2 mi km 0 south of Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Thornhill . In the 2001 census, Closeburn had a population of 1,119, Between 1849 and 1961 the village had a railway station. Although Closeburn Dumfries railway station Closeburn railway station is now closed, the Glasgow South Western Line still runs through the village. The nearest stations are at Sanquhar railway station Sanquhar and Dumfries railway station Dumfries . The village is the former location of Wallace Hall Academy , founded in 1723 and now based in Thornhill. The former schoolhouse, built in 1795 and incorporating the original buildings from the 1720s, is a Category A listed building . ref Cite web url http hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk hslive hsstart?P HBNUM 3953 title Listed Building Report Wallacehall Assessment Centre Former Academy and Schoolhouse publisher Historic Scotland accessdate 2009 09 27 ref Situated convert 1 km east of the village is Closeburn Castle , a Category B listed tower house that was until 1783 the family seat of the Kirkpatrick Baronets Kirkpatrick family . ref Cite web url http hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk hslive portal.hsstart?P HBNUM 4004 title Listed Building Report Closeburn Castle publisher Historic Scotland accessdate 2009 09 27 ref ref Cite web url http books.google.co.uk books?id 8KTVAAAAMAAJ&pg PA228 title The Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland A H page 228 publisher A. Fullarton & Co. year 1845 accessdate 2009 09 27 ref The River Nith is on the western boundary of the parish of Closeburn. The eastern part of the parish contains several hills, including the convert 2286 ft 0 Queensberry hill Queensberry , at the southern end of the Lowther ... of Closeburn and Morton, Dumfries and Galloway Morton parishes near Crichope Linn. References Reflist ... of Scotland Category Villages in Dumfries and Galloway DumfriesGalloway geo stub ... more details
glencairn.htm title Scottish Castles Photo Library Glencairn Castle, Dumfries and Galloway work ... school is Wallace Hall Academy in Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Thornhill . Other facilities ... title GLENCAIRN CC DRAFT ACTION PLAN date August 2011 publisher Dumfries & Galloway Small Communities ... page.jsp?p id 16863 title Glencairn Dumfries Shire work A Vision of Britain accessdate 2012 02 14 ref Category Villages in Dumfries and Galloway ..., which flows down the Cairn Valley to join the River Nith just north of Dumfries . There is little flat ... , near Dumfries, in 1662 he moved to Caitloch in Glencairn parish, where he sometimes preached to large ... more details
to the east and west of Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway Gretna respectively. See main articles on each ... title DEFAULTSORT River Esk, Dumfries And Galloway Category Rivers of Scotland Esk, Dumfries and Galloway Category Dumfries and Galloway ... more details
Image Beeswing, Dumfries and Galloway.jpg thumb Beeswing Beeswing is a small village in Dumfriesshire , Scotland . It was formerly known as Lochend in reference to its position near Loch Arthur, which lies to the east of the village and has been claimed as the setting for the King Arthur Arthurian story of the Lady of the Lake . ref http www.factfictionandconjecture.ca files legend of king arthur.html ref The village was renamed to honour the famous racing Mare horse mare , Beeswing horse Beeswing . ref http www.northeasthistory.co.uk the north east history echomemories teesside 205 250505.html ref The village formerly had a church building church , which has now been converted to a house. The Loch Arthur Community at Beeswing, run by the Camphill Village Trust ref http www.camphillvillage.org ref , is a working farm with dairy, gardens and supported accommodation where people with learning disabilities live alongside volunteers in a way that recognises the dignity and uniqueness of each human being and does not distinguish between those who are called disabled and those who are not . ref http www.cvt.org.uk locharthur ref gbmapping NX896694 DumfriesGalloway geo stub coord 55.00687 N 3.72772 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 NX896694 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref References Reflist Story of the horse Beeswing at The Northern Echo s History Pages Newsquest Media Group A Gannett Company Category Villages in Dumfries and Galloway ... more details
stands on the River Annan nearly 2 miles from its mouth, 15 miles from Dumfries , in the region of Dumfries and Galloway on the Solway Firth in the south of Scotland . Eastriggs is about 3 miles to the east and Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway Gretna is about 8 miles to the east. Annan Bridge, a stone ... statue,Town hall gallery See also List of places in Dumfries and Galloway Annan RFC Annan Rugby Club ... and Eskdale Category Ports and harbours of Scotland Category Royal burghs Category Towns in Dumfries and Galloway bg de Annan Dumfries and Galloway fr Annan cosse gd Anainn, D n Phris ... road A75 , between Annan and Dumfries, is reported to be haunted. ref name CohenMarchesi1992 cite ... more details
coord 55.069 3.608 display title region GB scale 200000 UK constituency infobox alt Name Dumfries and Galloway ... Subdivisions of Scotland Council areas Division Dumfries and Galloway Year 2005 MP Russell Brown Party Labour Party UK Labour EP Scotland Dumfries and Galloway is a county constituency of in the House ... center Dumfries and Galloway , Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland the constituency is one of six covering the Dumfries and Galloway ... West . The Dumfries and Galloway constituency covers part of the Dumfries and Galloway council ... council area. The Dumfries and Galloway constituency includes Stranraer , Newton Stewart , The Machars , Kirkcudbright and a major part of the town of Dumfries . Although within the town of Dumfries ... has proposed replacing Dumfries and Galloway with a new constituency called Galloway and Carrick . This would cover the western part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area and incorporate ... map Galloway and Carrick Boundary Commission for Scotland ref . Politics Dumfries & Galloway s predecessor seats, Galloway and Upper Nithsdale UK Parliament constituency Galloway & Upper Nithsdale 1983 2005 and Galloway UK Parliament constituency Galloway 1918 83 , had been represented by Conservative ... was elected as the constituency s MP. In 2010, Duncan attempted once again to become Dumfries & Galloway ... 2010 Dumfries and Galloway Election box candidate with party link party Labour Party UK candidate ... election, 2005 General Election 2005 Dumfries and Galloway Election box candidate with party link ... And Galloway Uk Parliament Constituency Category Dumfries and Galloway Category Parliamentary constituencies ... used in the United Kingdom general election, 2005 2005 general election , and replaced Galloway and Upper Nithsdale UK Parliament constituency Galloway and Upper Nithsdale and part of Dumfriesshire UK Parliament constituency Dumfries , and it elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past ... more details
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