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Garlieston
Garlieston is located in Dumfries and Galloway
Garlieston
Garlieston
Location within Dumfries and Galloway
Populationunknown (2001 Census)
OS grid referenceNX485465
Council area
  • Dumfries and Galloway
Lieutenancy area
  • Wigtownshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWTON STEWART
Postcode districtDG8
Dialling code01988
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • Dumfries and Galloway
Scottish Parliament
  • Galloway and West Dumfries
List of places
UK
Scotland
54°47′26″N 4°21′28″W / 54.79045°N 4.35776°W / 54.79045; -4.35776

Garlieston (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Gheàrr Lios, IPA:[ˈpaləʝeaːᵲʎis̪]) is a small planned coastal village in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. It was founded in the mid 18th century by Lord Garlies, later 6th Earl of Galloway.

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Garlieston

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Garlieston (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Gheàrr Lios, IPA:[ˈpaləʝeaːᵲʎis̪]) is a small planned coastal village in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries...

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Mulberry harbours

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accessible at low tide Garlieston, Wigtownshire - concrete beetle remains are accessible on foot on the north side of Garlieston Bay (Eggerness) and at...

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Garlieston railway station

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Garlieston is the closed terminus of the Garlieston branch of Wigtownshire Railway; running from a junction at Millisle. It served the coastal village...

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Galloway House

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Sorbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Adjoining the estate village of Garlieston, on Wigtown Bay, the house was begun in 1740 for Lord Garlies, later sixth...

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Hugh Iorys Hughes

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was built at Conwy Morfa near Hughes' home town of Conwy and towed to Garlieston, Wigtownshire, in Scotland, where it was installed and tested against...

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John Heaviside Clark

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(1818–1905), born at Cairnhead near Whithorn, who trained as a grocer in Garlieston before leaving for the United States in 1836. There he made his fortune...

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Sorbie Tower

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can be viewed both from the outside, free of charge, or, if you go to Garlieston Village and enquire within the village shop, you can go inside. Gifford...

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Earl of Galloway

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Dumfries and Galloway. The former family seat was Galloway House, near Garlieston, Wigtownshire. Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Galloway (d. 1649) James...

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Robert Alexander Rankin

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mathematician who worked in analytic number theory. Rankin was born in Garlieston in Wigtownshire the son of Rev Oliver Rankin (1885–1954), minister of...

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Dyke White

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known for his political cartoons in the Scottish press. He was born in Garlieston, Wigtownshire, the youngest of the seven children of William McClure and...

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Sorbie

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large T-plan structure, now de-roofed. Millisle Church, 1 km west of Garlieston, was designed by Alan Stewart, the 10th Earl of Galloway (1835 - 1901)...

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Millisle railway station

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Millisle, later Millisle for Garlieston was a railway station that was near the junction for Garlieston on the Wigtownshire Railway branch line, from Newton...

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Wigtownshire Cup

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14 May 1906. This is the Garliestown club re-named, not the post-war Garlieston. "Galloway games". Scottish Referee: 4. 25 April 1910. "Southern notes"...

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Wigtownshire

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An unnamed detectorist found a gold lunula in a cultivated field near Garlieston, Sorbie in March 2011, the first Scottish gold lunula found in over 100...

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Wigtown Bay

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itself indented by Rigg (or Cruggleton) Bay and by Garlieston Bay on which the village of Garlieston sits. The small town of Wigtown also stands on the...

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Dumfries and Galloway

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Drummore, Dumfries, Dundrennan, Dunscore Eastriggs, Ecclefechan, Eskdalemuir Garlieston, Gatehouse of Fleet, Glenluce, Gretna Green, Gretna Haugh of Urr, Hoddom...

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List of Church of Scotland parishes

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Kirk4 l/w Mochrum 1,151 St Kennera's, Kirkinner MPC Sorbie Parish Church, Garlieston MPC 9-516 1,169 Mochrum Parish Church MPC 7-438 Luce Valley and Inch 2...

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River Cree

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still active fishing ports further south around the Machars peninsula at Garlieston, the Isle of Whithorn and Port William. The shore is also home to fishing...

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South of Scotland Cup

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Counties League was unsuccessful. Creetown Dalbeattie Star Douglas Wanderers Garlieston Mid-Annandale Newton Stewart Nithsdale Wanderers Queen of the South "A"...

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List of places in Dumfries and Galloway

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Eskdalemuir Galabank Galloway Forest Park, Galloway hydro-electric power scheme Garlieston Gatehouse of Fleet Gatelawbridge Glencaple Glencartholm Glenkiln Sculpture...

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