Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Kirkmabreck. You may be able to find further references to Kirkmabreck in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Kirkmabreck parish Bartholomew
Kirkmabreck a parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Kirkmabreck.

Place Type of entry Source
Barholm a coast estate Groome
Cairnholy a tumulus Groome
Cairnholy tumulus Bartholomew
Carsluith an old tower Groome
Carsluith old tower Bartholomew
Cassencarrie a mansion Groome
Clints of Dromore hill Bartholomew
Clints of Drumore a height Groome
Creetown a small seaport town Groome
Drumore a station Groome
Glenquicken a moor Groome
Kilbride ancient chapelry Bartholomew
Kilbride an ancient chapelry Groome
Kirkdale House seat Bartholomew
Ravenshall Point small headland Bartholomew
Ravenshall Point a small headland Groome

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Creetown 0 2
Kirkdale 0 2
Wigtown 2 2
Bladnoch 0 2
Kirkinner 0 2
Cardoness 1 2
Garliestown 0 2
Anworth 0 2
Sorbie 0 2
Galloway 0 2
Gatehouse of Fleet 0 2
Newton Stewart 0 2
Minnigaff 0 2
Girthon 0 2
Kirkandrews 0 2
Penninghame 0 2
Machers 0 2
Kirkcowan 0 2
Whithorn 4 2
Borgue 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Kirkmabreck. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
KIRKMABRECK John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).

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