Kirkcudbrightshire

Kirkcudbrightshire

Flag of Kirkcudbrightshire

Kirkcudbrightshire is a Scottish county on the Solway Firth in the south-west of Scotland.

Its county town is Kirkcudbright.

Kirkcudbrightshire was known by other names in the past: East Galloway because it is the eastern part of the old Kingdom of Galloway, and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, because it was once governed by a steward employed by the Lord of Galloway and not a sheriff appointed by the king.

Kirkcudbrightshire is named after the town of Kirkcudbright, which means "Cuthbert's church".

Towns

• Kirkcudbright, county town
• Castle Douglas
• Dalbeattie
• Gatehouse of Fleet
• Maxwelltown
• Minnigaff
• New Galloway
• St John's Town of Dalry

Villages

• Auchencairn
• Balmaclellan
• Carsphairn
• Carsethorn
• Creetown
• Crocketford
• Kirkbean
• Kirkgunzeon
• Laurieston
• New Abbey
• Ringford
• Springholm
• Twynholm

For local government, the county is in the Dumfries and Galloway council area.

Kirkcudbrightshire Media

• High Street, Kirkcudbright (geograph 3686669).jpg

  121–123 High Street, Kirkcudbright: Former headquarters of Kirkcudbrightshire County Council

• Rhinns of Kells ridge towards Millfire - geograph.org.uk - 207497.jpg

  Rhinns of Kells ridge towards Millfire

• Loch Trool 31May2008.JPG

  Loch Trool in north-western Kirkcudbrightshire

• Loch Ken Viaduct.jpg

  Railway viaduct at Loch Ken, now disused

• "aa Kirkcudbrightshire, Civil Parish map".jpg

  Kirkcudbrightshire, Civil Parish map

• River Dee at Kirkcudbright - geograph.org.uk - 338484.jpg

  River Dee at Kirkcudbright

• The Square, Auchencairn.jpg

  The Square of Auchencairn. *Viewed from Church Road, Main Street (with the large English style building) branches right with Spout Row behind the old decorative globe street lamp. The 18th century white building to the right is the former Commercial Inn.

• King Street, Castle Douglas - geograph.org.uk - 1538897.jpg

  King Street, Castle Douglas Heading south-west

• Town Hall, Dalbeattie.jpg

  The Town Hall and Roundhouse in Dalbeattie.

• Garlies Castle