Dalbeattie (Scots: Dawbeattie, from Gaelic Dail Bheithe meaning "valley of birch") is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dalbeattie is in a wooded valley on the Urr Water 6 km (4 mi) east of Castle Douglas and 19 km (12 mi) south west of Dumfries. The town is famed for its granite industry and for being the home town of William McMaster Murdoch First Officer of the RMS Titanic.
Population: 4,205
Latitude: 54° 55' 58.01" N
Longitude: -3° 49' 21.76" W
The Kirtlebridge rail crash took place in 1872 at Kirtlebridge railway station in Dumfriesshire. An express passenger train ran into a goods train that was shunting; 11 people lost their lives immediately, and one further person succumbed later. The…
Kirtlebridge is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland. It is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north-east of Annan, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-west of Kirkpatrick-Fleming, and 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south of Eaglesfield.
Kirriereoch Hill is a hill in the Range of the Awful Hand in the Southern Uplands of southern Scotland. It lies on the border of the old counties of Ayrshire and Kirkcudbrightshire, or the modern regions of Dumfries and Galloway and South Ayrshire.
Holywood railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway north of Dumfries.
Harriston is a small hamlet in Cumbria, England, consisting of approximately 100 houses.
Harbybrow is a small settlement in the parish of Allhallows, Cumbria. Consisting of two inhabited dwellings - the old manor house and nearby mill - it is the smallest hamlet in the parish. The pele tower connected to the manor house was used to shel…
Glentrool is a collection of mountain biking routes through the heart of Galloway in southwest Scotland.
Glencaple is a small settlement in the Dumfries and Galloway area of Scotland.
Fletchertown is a small village in the parish of Allhallows, Cumbria, England. Historically within Cumberland, the parish recorded 548 residents (2001 census), Fletchertown being the largest centre of population in the parish. The village was origin…
Fingland is a hamlet in the Allerdale District, in the county of Cumbria. Fingland is located on the B5307 road in between the villages of Kirkbride and Kirkbampton.
Faulds Brow is a small rise in the English Lake District, northwest of the village of Caldbeck in Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland., but its summit, at 344 metres (1,129 ft), is only slightl…
Ellenborough is a suburb of the town of Maryport, located in the Allerdale District in the county of Cumbria, England. Ellenborough is a residential area and has a post office, a school and a few places of worship.
Eastriggs railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway between Annan and Gretna.
The Diocese of Galloway was one of the thirteen (after 1633 fourteen) dioceses of the pre-1689 Scottish Church. The Diocese was led by the Bishop of Galloway and was centred on Whithorn Cathedral.
Dercongal Abbey (or Holywood Abbey) was a Premonstratensian monastic community located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The date of its foundation is not known, but it was certainly in existence as a Premonstratensian monastic community by 1225. The foun…
Dalbeattie High School is a small rural school near the centre of Dalbeattie in the south of Scotland.
Crossmichael (Scottish Gaelic: Crois Mhìcheil) is a small village on the east side of Loch Ken about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Castle Douglas in Scotland.
Crosby is a small village in Cumbria, England, three miles north-east of Maryport on the A596 road. It has a population of approximately 1000. The local primary school is Crosscanonby St. John's Church of England School.