Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kirkmaiden

Kirkmaiden, a small pre-Reformation parish of SE Wigtownshire, long incorporated with Glasserton. Its roofless church, romantically situated by the shore, not far from Monreith, is the scene of many a weird ghost story.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a small pre-Reformation parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kirkmaiden ScoP       Wigtownshire ScoCnty
Place: Kirkmaiden

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