Cargenbridge is a village located in Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom, southwest of Dumfries. It is in Troqueer parish, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire.
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Cargenbridge is a village located in Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom, southwest of Dumfries. It is in Troqueer parish, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire.
== Etymology == Cargenbridge takes its name from a bridge over the Cargen Water. The name dates back to at least 1753, when 'Cargen bridge croft' is recorded in the Kirkcudbrightshire land tax roll. Cargen itself has a number of possible Cumbric etymologies. It may be a compound formed from cajr 'enclosed, defensible site' and one of the following elements, which likely refer to an earlier name for Cargen Water: gein[d] (from earlier can[d]) 'white; bright, clear' geint (from earlier cant) 'a corner, an oblique angle; boundary' gę:n (from earlier cẹin) 'fresh'. gejn (from earlier ceμ-) 'ridge'
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