Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kirkbean

Kirkbean, par. and vil., SE. Kirkcudbright, on Solway Firth--par., 7 937 ac., pop. 794; vil., on Kirkbean Burn, 12 m. S. of Dumfries; P.O.; John Paul, or Paul Jones (1747-1792), the naval adventurer, was a native.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kirkbean Parish       Kirkcudbrightshire County
Place: Kirkbean

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