Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kirkmabreck

Kirkmabreck, par., Kirkcudbright, on Wigtown Bay, 23,031 ac., pop. 1834; contains Creetown; Kirkmabreck Granite Quarries are 1½ mile SE. of Creetown; Dr Thomas Brown (1778-1820), the philosopher, was a native.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kirkmabreck ScoP       Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty
Place: Kirkmabreck

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