Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lochryan

Lochryan, a quoad sacra parish in Inch parish, Wigtownshire, around Cairnryan village, on the E side of Loch Ryan, 5½ miles N of Stranraer. Lochryan House, 3 furlongs NNW of Cairnryan, is a plain substantial mansion, with finely-wooded grounds. Its owner, Sir William T. F. Agnew-Wallace, eighth Bart. since 1669 (b. 1830; suc. 1857), holds 5785 acres in the shire, valued at £1373 per annum. The parish is in the presbytery of Stranraer and the synod of Galloway; its minister's stipend is £120. The church was built in 1841 as a chapel of ease. Pop. (1871) 354, (1881) 292.—Ord. Sur., sh. 3, 1856.


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

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Feature Description: "a quoad sacra parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wigtownshire ScoCnty
Place: Loch Ryan

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