Kirkcudbrightshire

Also known as Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, County of Kirkcudbright, East Galloway, Kirkcudbright

Kirkcudbrightshire ( ), also known as the County of Kirkcudbright or the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, is one of the historic counties of Scotland, located in the southwest of the country.

Key facts

Settlement.image_caption: Threave Castle, by the River Dee
Settlement.area_total_sq_mi: 899
Settlement.area_note: Ranked 10th of 34
Settlement.unit_pref: UK
Settlement.postal_code_type: Chapman code
Settlement.postal_code: KKD
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.name: Kirkcudbrightshire
Settlement.settlement_type: Historic county
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Threave Castle (27343646418).jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Kirkcudbrightshire.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 150px

Article

18 sections

Contents

History
Early history
11th, 12th, and 13th centuries
14th and 15th centuries
16th and 17th centuries
18th century
19th century
Geography
Geology
Climate and agriculture
Railways
List of parishes
Towns and villages
Gallery
Notable Inhabitants
References
Further reading
External links

Kirkcudbrightshire ( ), also known as the County of Kirkcudbright or the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, is one of the historic counties of Scotland, located in the southwest of the country.

Until 1975, Kirkcudbrightshire functioned as an administrative county for local government purposes. Since then, its territory has formed part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area. The name continues to be used for certain ceremonial and legal purposes: it remains a registration county for land registration, and from 1975 to 1996 a lower-tier district known as the Stewartry covered most of the historic county. The same boundaries are still used today for the lieutenancy area of the Stewartry, and the Dumfries and Galloway Council maintains a Stewartry area committee.