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The United Kingdom Census of 1851 recorded the people residing in every household on the night of Sunday 30 March 1851, [1] and was the second of the UK censuses to include details of household members. However, this census added considerably to the fields recorded in the earlier 1841 UK Census, providing additional details of ages ...
The term Dumfries and Galloway has been used since at least the 19th century – by 1911 the three counties had a united sheriffdom under that name. Dumfries and Galloway covers the majority of the western area of the Southern Uplands, [3] it also hosts Scotland's most Southerly point, at the Mull of Galloway [4] in the west of the region.
From 1845 to 1930, parishes formed part of the local government system of Scotland: having parochial boards from 1845 to 1894, and parish councils from 1894 until 1930.. The parishes, which had their origins in the ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland, often overlapped county boundaries, largely because they reflected earlier territorial divisions.
1851 2,888,742 1861 3,062,294 1871 ... Below is a table of national identity sorted by council area based on the results of the 2011 census: ... Dumfries and Galloway ...
Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Phris) is a historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the historic county. In terms of historic counties it borders Kirkcudbrightshire to the west, Ayrshire to the north-west ...
List of places. UK. Scotland. 54°47′26″N 4°21′28″W / 54.79045°N 4.35776°W / 54.79045; -4.35776. Garlieston (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Gheàrr Lios, IPA: [ˈpaləʝeaːᵲʎis̪]) is a small planned coastal village in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. It was founded in the ...
54°50′42″N 5°07′27″W / 54.84504°N 5.12429°W / 54.84504; -5.12429. Portpatrick is a village and civil parish in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the west coast of the Rhins of Galloway. The parish is about 4⁄ miles (7 km) in length and 4 miles (6 km) in breadth ...
The Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club; Of those listed, only the Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club is on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith. This course is also bisected into 2 halves of 9 holes each by the town's Castle Douglas Road. The club house and holes 1 to 7 and 17 and 18 are on the side nearest to Summerhill, Dumfries. Holes 8 to 16 ...