Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Courance

Courance, a hamlet in Kirkmichael parish, Dumfriesshire, 9 miles NW of Lockerbie, under which it has a post office. Courance House is the seat of John Seton Wightman, Esq. (b. 1846; suc. 1879), who owns 2750 acres in the shire, valued at £1705 per annum.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kirkmichael ScoP       Dumfries Shire ScoCnty

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