Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Beckton

Beckton, a place in Dryfesdale parish, Dumfriesshire, near Lockerbie. It had anciently a chapel, and it has a very copious medicinal spring.


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

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Feature Description: "a place"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Dryfesdale Parish       Dumfries Shire County

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