Middlebie, Dumfries Shire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

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

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

Place Type of entry Source
Birrens a place, with a Roman camp Groome
Birrens place with Roman camp Bartholomew
Blacket-House a ruined tower Groome
Blackwood the seat Groome
Carrutherstone a hamlet Groome
Carrutherstown hamlet Bartholomew
Eaglesfield village Bartholomew
Eaglesfield a village Groome
Hottsbridge school Bartholomew
Kirtlebridge village with railway station Bartholomew
Kirtle-Bridge a village Groome
Kirtle Water Bartholomew
Kirtle Water a stream Groome
Scotsbrig farm Bartholomew
Scotsbrig a farm Groome
Waterbeck village Bartholomew

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
Birrens 0 2
Ecclefechan 0 2
Eaglesfield 0 2
Waterbeck 0 1
Kirkconnel 0 2
Kirtlebridge 0 2
Irving 0 2
Hoddom 0 2
Tundergarth 0 2
Carruthers 0 2
Brydekirk 0 3
St Mungo 0 2
Kirkpatrick Fleming 0 1
Lockerbie 4 2
Dryfesdale 0 2
Annan 7 6
Half Morton 0 2
Dalton 0 2
Dornock 0 2
Bengall 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

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

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

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  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.