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Westerkirk, par., Dumfriesshire, on river Esk, 26,992 ac., pop. 478; the church is 6 miles NW. of Langholm. Thomas Telford (1757-1834), the celebrated engineer, was a native.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Westerkirk Parish Dumfries Shire County |
| Place: | Westerkirk |
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