See also:WIGTOWNSHIRE (sometimes called See also:WEST See also:GALLOWAY)
, a See also:south-western See also:county of See also:Scotland, bounded N. by See also:Ayrshire, E. by See also:Kirkcudbrightshire and See also:Wigtown See also:Bay, S. by the Irish See also:Sea and W. and N. by the See also:North Channel
.
Including the small See also:island of St See also:Helena, at the See also:head of Luce Bay, it covers an See also:area of 311,609 acres, or 487 sq. m
.
On the eastern boundary the See also:estuary of the See also:Cree expands into Wigtown Bay, between which and Luce Bay, farther See also:west, extends the promontory of the Machers, terminating in Burrow Head
.
By the indentation of Luce Bay on the south and See also:Loch See also:Ryan on the north the See also:hammer-headed See also:peninsula of the Rinns is formed, of which the See also:Mull of See also:Galloway, the most southerly point of Scotland, is the See also:southern, and Milleur Point the See also:northern extremity
.
The more or less rugged See also:coast has many small inlets, few of which, owing to hidden rocks, afford secure landing-places
.
Excepting Loch Ryan, a See also:fine natural See also:harbour of which See also:Stranraer is the See also:port, the harbours are not available for vessels of heavy See also:burden, on See also:account either of the See also:great distance to which the sea retires, or of their exposure to frequent fierce See also:gales
.
Much of the county has a See also:wild, See also:bleak See also:appearance, the higher See also:land being covered with See also:heath and whins, while in the See also:lower districts there are See also:long stretches of See also:bog and See also:moss, and in the north centre, a few See also:miles west of See also:Newton See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, is a See also:tract known as the See also:Moors
.
Only towards the Ayrshire border do the hills reach a considerable See also:altitude, Benbrake and Craigairie See also:Fell being each s000 ft. in height
.
The See also:chief See also:rivers are the Cree, forming the boundary with Kirkcudbrightshire and flowing past Newton Stewart and Carty into Wigtown Bay; the Bladenoch, issuing from Loch Maberry and falling into Wigtown Bay at Wigtown after a course of 22 m., its See also:principal affluents, all on the right, being See also:Black See also:Burn, the Tarff and the Malzie; and the Luce, formed by the junction at New Luce of See also:Main See also:Water and See also:Cross Water of Luce, and emptying itself into Luce Bay
.
Most of the numerous lochs are small, several being situated in private parks, as at the See also:earl of See also:Stair's See also:estate of See also:Castle See also:Kennedy
.
Among the larger lakes are Loch Maberry and Loch Dornal, both partly in Ayrshire, and Loch See also:Ochiltree in the north of the See also:shire, Loch Connell in the west, Loch Ronald in the centre and the See also:group of Castle Loch and four others in the See also:parish of Mochrum, towards the south, and Loch Dowalton, at the junction of Kirkinner, Sorbie and Glasserton parishes
.
See also:Geology.—A See also:line See also:drawn in a north-easterly direction from the coast about 3 M. below Portpatrick, passing slightly north of the head of Luce Bay by Newton Stewart to the Cairnsmore of See also:Fleet, divides the county so that practically all the rocks on the northern See also:side are of Ordovician See also:age, while those on the south are See also:Silurian
.
This line coincides with the See also:general direction of the strike of the beds through-out the county
.
Most of the Ordovician rocks are black shales, in which See also:graptolites may be found, along with greywackes and grits; they include the Glenkill and Hartfell See also:groups of the See also:Moffat See also:district
.
These rocks may be seen exposed on the coast south of Portpatrick and in the valley of the Cree
.
The See also:slate quarries of See also:Cairn Ryan are of Llandeilo age
.
Nearly the whole of the Silurian region is occupied by dark grits, greywackes and shales of 'See also:Llandovery age, though here and there a small exposure of the underlying black Moffat shales appears on the denuded See also:crest of one of the innumerable folds into which all these rocks have been thrown
.
A See also:series of shales, flags and greywackes of See also:Wenlock age is found on the See also:shore between Burrow Head and See also:Whithorn
.
On the west side of Loch Ryan is a narrow See also:belt of See also:Permian See also:breccia and thin sandstones about 9 m. long and t m. wide: this rests unconformably upon a similar belt of Carboniferous See also:sand-stones, about 8 m. long and m. in width, which lies on the westside of the Permian
.
A small patch of See also:granite stands out on the coast at Laggantulloch Head, north of the Mull of Galloway
.
There are also a few patches and dikes of See also:diorite and See also:quartz-See also:felsite
.
Glacial moraines and drumlins are found over much of the older formations, and are well seen between Glenluce and Newton Stewart and south of Wigtown
.
The See also:boulder-See also:clay is used for See also:brick-making near Stranraer
.
On the coasts of Luce Bay and Loch Ryan raised beaches are found at levels of 25 ft. and 5o ft. above the sea, and tracts of blown sand See also:lie above the shore
.
There are several See also:peat-covered areas in the county
.
See also:Climate and See also:Agriculture.—The mean See also:annual rainfall amounts to 36.3 in., varying from 49.19 in. at Kirkcowan, a few miles west of Newton Stewart, to 26.81 in. at the Mull of Galloway
.
The See also:average temperature for the See also:year is 48.3° F., for See also:January 4o° F. and for See also:July 58.5° F
.
In spite of;its humidity the climate is not unfavourable for the ripening of crops, and frosts as a See also:rule are not of long duration
.
Much of the shire consists of stony moors, rendering the See also:work of reclamation difficult and in some parts impossible
.
The gravelly See also:soil along the coasts requires heavy manuring to make it fruitful, and in the higher arable quarters a rocky soil prevails, better adapted for grass and See also:green crops than for See also:grain
.
A large extent of the See also:surface is black See also:top reclaimed from the moors, and in some districts See also:loam and clay are found
.
By dint of See also:energy, however, and See also:constant resort to scientific agriculture, the farmers have placed See also:half of the shire under cultivation, and the See also:standard of farming is as high as that of any county in Scotland
.
Oats is the leading See also:crop, See also:barley and See also:wheat occupying only a small area
.
Turnips and swedes constitute the great bulk of the green crops, potatoes coming next
.
Large tracts are under See also:clover and rotation See also:grasses and in permanent pasture, in consequence of the increasing See also:attention paid to See also:dairy-farming, which is carried on in See also:combination and on scientific principles
.
Several creameries have been established in the dairy See also:country, See also:cheese being a leading product
.
Though the See also:size of the herds is surpassed in several other Scottish counties, the number of milch See also:cattle is only exceeded in three (See also:Ayr, See also:Aberdeen and See also:Lanark)
.
Ayrshire is the favourite breed for dairy purposes, and black polled Galloways are found in the eastern districts
.
A cross of the two breeds is also maintained
.
The See also:sheep are principally black-faced on the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill farms, and in other parts See also:Leicester and other long-woolled breeds
.
The flocks are usually heavy, and great See also:numbers of pigs are kept
.
The shire has acquired some reputation for its horses, chiefly Clydesdale
.
The holdings are fairly large, the average being considerably over See also:loo acres, one third of them See also:running from too acres to 300
.
Most of the See also:park See also:lard is finely wooded, and there are a few nurseries, See also:market gardens and orchards
.
Other See also:Industries.—There are small manufactures in several of the towns, as woollens at Kirkcowan; tweeds, See also:leather and agricultural implements at Newton Stewart; dairy appliances, See also:beer, See also:flour and bricks at Stranraer; and See also:whisky at Bladenoch
.
See also:Sandstone and slates are quarried, and peat is cut in various places
.
See also:Fisheries, on a See also:minor See also:scale, are conducted chiefly from Stranraer, certain villages on Loch Ryan and Luce Bay, and Wigtown, and the Cree, Bladenoch and Luce yield See also:salmon
.
See also:Shipping is mainly carried on from Stranraer, but also from Port See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, Portpatrick, Wigtown and Garliestown
.
The See also:Glasgow & South-Western railway runs to Stranraer via See also:Girvan, and the Portpatrick and See also:Wigtownshire See also:joint railway from Newton Stewart to Portpatrick via Stranraer, with a See also:branch line at Newton Stewart to Wigtown and Whithorn
.
There are See also:coach services from Stranraer to Ballantrae on the Ayrshire coast and to Drumore, 4 M
.
N. of the Mull, and See also:regular communication by See also:mail steamer between Stranraer and Larne in Co
.
See also:Antrim, See also:Ireland
.
See also:Population and See also:Administration.—In 1891 the population amounted to 36,062; in 1901 to 32,685 or 67 persons to the sq. m., the decrease for the See also:decade being the third highest in Scotland
.
In 1901 there were 88 persons speaking Gaelic and See also:English
.
The principal towns are Stranraer (pop
.
6036); Newton Stewart (2598), which, however, See also:standing on both See also:banks of the Cree, extends into Kirkcudbrightshire; Wigtown (1329); and Whithorn (1188)
.
Formerly Wigtown, Stranraer and Whithorn formed with New Galloway, in Kirkcudbrightshire, a group of burghs returning one member, but in 1885 the first three were merged in the county, which returns one member to See also:parliament
.
Wigtown, the county See also:town, Stranraer and Whit-See also:horn are royal burghs
.
The shire forms See also:part of the sheriffdom of See also:Dumfries and Galloway, and a See also:sheriff-substitute sits at Wigtown and Stranraer
.
The administrative county is divided into the Lower district, comprising the shire See also:east of the parishes of New Luce and Old Luce, and the Upper district, comprising the shire west of and including these parishes
.
The county is under school-See also:board See also:jurisdiction, and there are high. See also:schools in Newton Stewart and Stranraer
.
The board-schools in Whithorn and Wigtown have secondary departments, and several of the schools in the shire See also:earn grants for higher See also:education
.
The county
See also:council expends the " See also:residue " See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant in providing bursaries for See also:science pupils, and in subsidizing agricultural classes at See also:Kilmarnock and See also:Edinburgh University, and the See also:cookery classes and science See also:department of the high schools
.
See also:History and Antiquities.—Galloway, or the country west of the Nith, belonged to a See also:people whom See also:Ptolemy called Novantae and See also:Agricola subdued in A.D
.
79
.
They were Atecott Picts, and are conjectured to have replaced a small, dark-haired aboriginal See also:race, akin probably to the See also:Basques of the Iberian peninsula
.
They held this south-western corner of Scotland for centuries, protecting themselves from the northern and southern Picts by a rampart, called the Dell's Dyke, which has been traced in a north-easterly direction from Beoch on the eastern side of Loch Ryan to a spot on the Nith near the See also:present See also:Thornhill, a distance of 50 M
.
Evidences of the Pictish occupation are prevalent in the See also:form of hill forts, See also:cairns, standing stones, hut circles and crannogs or See also:lake dwellings (several of which were exposed when Dowalton Loch near Sorbie and Barhapple Loch near Glenluce were drained), besides canoes and See also:flint, See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and See also:bronze implements
.
The See also:Romans possessed a small See also:camp at Rispain near Whithorn and a station at Rerigonium, which has been identified with Innermessan on the eastern shore of Loch Ryan; but so few remains exist that it has been concluded they effected no permanent See also:settlement in West Galloway
.
See also:Ninian, the first See also:Christian missionary to Scotland, landed at Isle of Whithorn in 396 to convert the natives
.
His efforts were temporarily successful, but soon after his See also:death (432) the people relapsed into paganism, excepting a faithful remnant who continued to carry on Christian work
.
A monastery was built at Whithorn, and, though the bishopric founded in the 8th See also:century was shortly afterwards removed, it was established again in the 12th, when the priory erected by Fergus, " See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king " of Galloway, became the See also:cathedral See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of the see of Galloway and so remained till the See also:Reformation
.
In the 6th century the people accepted the See also:suzerainty of the Northumbrian See also:kings who allowed them in return See also:autonomy under their own Pictish chiefs
.
On the decay of the Saxon See also:power more than two See also:hundred years later this overlordship was abandoned, and the Atecotts formed an See also:alliance with the North-men then ravaging the Scottish coasts
.
Because of this relation-See also:ship the other Picts styled the Atecotts, by way of reproach, Gallgaidhel, or stranger Gaels, whence is derived Galloway, the name of their territory
.
With the aid of the Norsemen and the men of Galloway See also:Kenneth See also:Macalpine defeated the northern Picts at See also:Forteviot and was crowned king of Scotland at See also:Scone in 844
.
Henceforward the general history of Wigtownshire is scarcely distinguishable from that of Kirkcudbrightshire
.
A few particular points, however, must be noted
.
See also:Malcolm MacHeth, who had married a See also:sister of Somerled, See also:lord of the Isles, headed about r r 5o a See also:Celtic revolt against the intrusion of Anglo-See also:Norman lords. but was routed at Causewayend near the estuary of the Cree
.
In 1190 See also:Roland, lord of Galloway, built for See also:Cistercians from See also:Melrose the fine See also:abbey of Glenluce, of which the only remains are the See also:foundations of the See also:nave, the gable of the south See also:transept, the cloisters, quadrangle and the vaulted See also:chapter-See also:house
.
In the disordered See also:state of the See also:realm during See also:David II.'s reign east Galloway had been surrendered to See also:Edward III
.
(1333), but Wigtownshire, which had been constituted a shire in the previous century and afterwards called the Shire to distinguish it from the Stewartry of See also:Kirkcudbright, remained Scottish territory
.
In 1342 See also:Sir Malcolm See also:Fleming, earl of Wigtown, was appointed sheriff with power to hold the county See also:separate from the other half of Galloway, but falling into straitened circumstances he sold his earldom and estates in 1372 to See also:Archibald the Grim, 3rd earl of See also:Douglas, thus once more placing all Galloway under one lord
.
Under Douglas's lordship the See also:laws of Galloway, which had obtained from Pictish times and included, among other features, trial by See also:battle (unless an accused See also:person See also:chose expressly to forgo the native See also:custom and ask for a See also:jury), were modified, and in 1426 abolished, the See also:province then coming under the general See also:law
.
Soon after the fall of the Douglases (1455) the Kennedy See also:family, long established in the Ayrshire district of Carrick, obtained a preponderating See also:influence in Wigtownshire, and in 1509 David
See also:WIHTRED 629
Kennedy was created earl of Cassillis
.
See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert, the 4th earl, so powerful that he was called the " king of Carrick," held the shire for See also:Mary, See also:queen of Scots, when she See also:broke with the Lords of the See also:Congregation, but could do little for her cause
.
He profited by the Reformation himself, however, to acquire by See also:fraud and See also:murder the estate of Glenluce Abbey (about 1570)
.
In 1603 See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James VI. instituted a See also:bishop in the see of Galloway—which had not been filled for twenty years—and otherwise strove to impose See also:episcopacy upon the people, but the inhabitants stood See also:firm for the See also:Covenant
.
The acts against See also:Nonconformity were stringently enforced and almost every See also:incumbent in Galloway was deprived of his living
.
See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
Field-See also:preaching was a See also:capital See also:crime and attendance at conventicles See also:treason
.
A reign of terror supervened, and numbers of persons emigrated to See also:Ulster in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape persecution
.
See also:John See also:Graham of Claverhouse, See also:Viscount See also:Dundee, having replaced Sir See also:Andrew See also:Agnew, who had refused the Test, as sheriff (1682), goaded the people into See also:rebellion, the drowning of See also:Margaret MacLachlan and Margaret See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson within See also:flood-See also:mark in Wigtown Bay (1685) being an instance of his ruthless methods
.
With the Revolution of 1688 See also:Presbyterianism was restored, and John See also:Gordon, recently consecrated bishop of Galloway, retired to See also:France
.
The Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745 excited only languid See also:interest, but in 1747 heritable jurisdictions were abolished and Sir Andrew Agnew ceased to be hereditary sheriff, though he was the only See also:official able to prove continuous See also:tenure of the See also:post since it was granted to his family in 1451
.
The first sheriff appointed under the new See also:system was See also:Alexander See also:Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, See also:father of James Boswell, the biographer of Dr See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Jo