Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Burnhead

Burnhead, a hamlet, with a U.P. church (1800; 700 sittings), in Penpont parish, Dumfriesshire, 1¼ mile W of Thornhill.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet, with a UP church"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Penpont Parish       Dumfries Shire County

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