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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Castle Douglas like this:
Castle-Douglas, market town with ry. sta., Crossmichael and Kelton pars., Kirkcudbrightshire, 19½ miles SW. of Dumfries, 111½ miles SE. of Glasgow, 113½ miles SW. of Edinburgh, and 344 miles NW. of London, pop. 2565; P.O., T.O., 4 Banks, 1 newspaper.Market-day, Monday; has some tanning and agricultural-implement making, and is the centre of business for Eastern Galloway.
Castle Douglas is now part of DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY Council. Click here for graphs and data of how DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Castle Douglas itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Castle Douglas, in Dumfries and Galloway and Kirkcudbrightshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17370
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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