Wigtownshire

Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown is a registration county in the southwest of Scotland. It was a county until 1975.

County (until circa 1890)
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Country	Scotland
County town	Wigtown
Area
• Total	1,263 km2 (488 sq mi)
	Ranked 17th
Chapman code	WIG

Towns

• Newton Stewart is a former burgh town. The town is on the River Cree with most of the town to the west of the river, and is sometimes referred to as the "Gateway to the Galloway Hills".
• Stranraer
• Whithorn. The town was the location of the first recorded Christian church in Scotland, Candida Casa : the 'White [or 'Shining'] House', built by Saint Ninian about 397.
• Wigtown is a town and former royal burgh and the county town, within the Dumfries and Galloway region in Scotland. It lies east of Stranraer and south of Newton Stewart. It is well known today as "Scotland's National Book Town" with a large number of second-hand book shops and an annual book festival. It has a population of about 1,000.

Other important towns and villages

• Ardwell
• Sandhead
• Castle Kennedy
• Drummore
• Glenluce
• Kirkcowan
• Portpatrick
• Port William
• New Luce

Wigtownshire Media

• Wigtown Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1232692.jpg

  Wigtown County Buildings, built 1863.

• Stranraer Sheriff Court - geograph.org.uk - 862324.jpg

  Stranraer Sheriff Court, built 1874.

• Luce Bay.jpg

  Looking across the eastern part of Loch Ryan and over to Luce Bay. In the distance can also be seen the Isle of Man

• Ferry at cairnryan.jpg

  Ferry berthed at Cairnryan

• Wigtownshire map.jpg

  Civil parishes within Wigtownshire from c. 1650 onwards (not including Stranraer)

• Stranraer Castle.jpg

  Castle of St John, Stranraer

• Torehousekie Stone Circle - geograph.org.uk - 1098160.jpg

  Torhousekie Stone Circle

• Stranraer Museum - geograph.org.uk - 870543.jpg

  Stranraer Museum