Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Galloway

Galloway, ancient dist. in SW. of Scotland; it comprised the cos. of Kirkcudbright and Wigtown, and was divided into Upper Galloway in the N., Lower Galloway in the S., and the Rhinns of Galloway in the W.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ancient district"
Administrative units: Kirkcudbrightshire County       Wigtownshire County
Place: Galloway

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