kirkcudbright

  • 11Kirkcudbright — or Kirkcudbrightshire geographical name former county S Scotland capital Kirkcudbright …

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  • 12Kirkcudbright — /keuhr kooh bree/, n. a historic county in SW Scotland. Also called Kirkcudbrightshire /keuhr kooh bree shear , sheuhr/. * * * ▪ Scotland, United Kingdom       town and royal burgh (1455), Dumfries and Galloway council area, historic county of… …

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  • 13Kirkcudbright railway station — Kirkcudbright was once the terminus of a railway branch line. It was the terminus of the Kirkcudbright Railway, which linked Kirkcudbright to the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway at Castle Douglas. It opened in 1864, and closed in 1965.… …

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  • 14Kirkcudbright Stewartry (UK Parliament constituency) — UK former constituency infobox Name = Kirkcudbright Stewartry Type = County Year = 1708 Abolition = 1918 members = oneKirkcudbright Stewartry, later known as Kirkcudbright or Kirkcudbrightshire, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the… …

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  • 15KIRKCUDBRIGHT —    1) (40), a Scottish county on the Solway shore between Wigtown and Dumfries, watered by the rivers Nith, Dee, and Cree; has Mount Merrick on the NW. border, and Loch Dee in the middle; one third of its area cultivated, the rest chiefly hill… …

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  • 16kirkcudbright — kirk·cud·bright …

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  • 17Kirkcudbright — Kirk•cud•bright [[t]kərˈku bri[/t]] n. geg a historic county in SW Scotland. Also calledKirk•cud′bright•shire [[t] ˌʃɪər, ʃər[/t]] …

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  • 18kirkcudbright — adjective see kirkcudbrightshire * * * /keuhr kooh bree/, n. a historic county in SW Scotland. Also called Kirkcudbrightshire /keuhr kooh bree shear , sheuhr/ …

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  • 19Lord Kirkcudbright — The title Lord Kirkcudbright was bestowed on Sir Robert Maclellan of Bombie in 1633 by King Charles I of England on a visit to Scotland. Maclellan had already been created a baronet in the Nova Scotia in 1631.Sir John (Maclellan) de Bondeby, was… …

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  • 20Robert Maclellan, 1st Lord Kirkcudbright — (d. 1641) was Provost of Kirkcudbright in 1607, and was best known for his riotous (and violent) behavior. Robert was a direct descendant of the Laird of Bombie, Patrick Maclellan whom the 8th Earl of Douglas had murdered.The son of Sir Thomas… …

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