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Historic Kirkcudbrightshire
- Administrative centre Kirkcudbright
- Chapman County Code - KKD
- Gaelic Name Cille Chuithbeirt
- Famous for:
- Landmarks and Places of Interest
- Area 2,323 sq.km (987 sq.miles)
- Population
- Succeeded by
- County Flower -
Kirkcudbrightshire, or the County of Kirkcudbright or the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the south-west of Scotland. For local government purposes, it forms part of the wider Dumfries and Galloway council area of which it forms a committee area under the name of the Stewartry.
It is bounded on the north and north-west by Ayrshire, on the west and south-west by Wigtownshire, on the south and south-east by the Irish Sea and the Solway Firth, and on the east and north-east by Dumfriesshire. It included the small islands of Hestan and Little Ross.
Parishes
- Anwoth
- Balmaclellan
- Balmaghie
- Borgue
- Buittle
- Carsphairn
- Colvend and Southwick
- Crossmichael
- Dalry
- Girthon,
- Irongray
- Kells, Dumfries and Galloway
- Kelton
- Kirkbean
- Kirkcudbright
- Kirkgunzeon
- Kirkmabreck
- Kirkpatrick Durham
- Lochrutton
- Minnigaff
- New Abbey
- Parton
- Rerrick
- Terregles
- Tongland
- Troqueer
- Twynholm
- Urr
Towns and villages
The chief towns in order of size:-
- Dalbeattie
- Castle Douglas
- Kirkcudbright
- Gatehouse of Fleet
Other notable towns and villages:-
- Creetown
- St. John's Town of Dalry
- New Galloway
- Carsphairn
- Corsock
- Auchencairn
- Palnackie
- Haugh of Urr
- New Abbey
- Kirkpatrick Durham
- Laurieston
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