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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Browhouses like this:
Browhouses, a village and a bay in Gretna parish, Dumfriesshire. The village stands on the bay, 5½ miles E by S of Annan, and is of considerable magnitude. The bay is merely a slight encurvature between Tordoff and Redkirk Points; but it affords some shelter from the rushing tides of the Solway,
Browhouses 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 Browhouses itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Browhouses, in Dumfries and Galloway and Dumfries Shire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22004
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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