Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Laurieston

Laurieston, a village in Balmaghie parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, 7 miles WNW of Castle-Douglas, under which it has a post office. It was the meeting-place of the war committee of the Kirkcudbrightshire Covenanters.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Balmaghie Parish       Kirkcudbrightshire County

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