Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kirkcowan

Kirkcowan, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Wigtown-Shire--par., 35,865 ac., pop. 1307; vil., on Tarf Water, 6 miles SW. of Newton-Stewart, pop. 671; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity are woollen mills.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kirkcowan ScoP       Wigtownshire ScoCnty
Place: Kirkcowan

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