A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Caerlaverock, coast par., S. Dumfries-shire, on river Lochar, 4 miles W. of Ruthwell sta. and 5½ miles SE. of Dumfries, 5664 ac., pop. 1051; 8 miles SE. of Dumfries, on N. shore of the Solway Firth, betwixt the confluence of the Nith and the Lochar, is the imposing ruin of Caerlaverock Castle, long the chief seat of the Maxwells, Earls of Nithsdale, and still the property of Lord Herries, the representative of that ancient family, -- besieged by Edward I., 1300; ruined by the Earl of Sussex, 1570; and again by the Covenanters, 1640. In the old churchyard is a monument "to Robert Paterson, the Old Mortality of Sir Walter Scott, who was buried here Feby. 1801..
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "coastal parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Caerlaverock ScoP Dumfries Shire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Caerlaverock |
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