Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Parton

Parton, par. and hamlet with ry. sta., mid. Kirkcudbrightshire - par., 15,841 ac., pop. 716; hamlet, on river Dee, 7 miles NW. of Castle Douglas; P.O.; Parton House, seat, is 1½ mile E. of sta.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and hamlet with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Parton Parish       Kirkcudbrightshire County
Place: Parton

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