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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.
Gelston or Gilston, a village in Kelton parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, 2½ miles SSE of Castle-Douglas, under which it has a post office. Gelston Castle, ½ mile SE of the village, was built by the late Sir William Douglas, Bart., whose niece and heiress, Mrs Maitland-Kirwan, holds 5080 acres in the shire, valued at £3967 per annum. An ancient parish of Gelston now forms the south-eastern district of Kelton. Its church stood adjacent to a ravine or gill, traversed by a brook, and has left some vestiges.—Ord. Sur., sh. 5, 1857.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kelton ScoP Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty |
| Place names: | GELSTON | GELSTON OR GILSTON | GILSTON |
| Place: | Gelston |
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