In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Penninghame like this:
Penninghame, par., NE. Wigtownshire, on river Cree, 33,448 ac., pop. 3940; contains the police burgh of Newton Stewart, 4 miles NW. of which is the seat of Penninghame House.
Penninghame through time
Penninghame is now part of Dumfries and Galloway district. Click here for graphs and data of how Dumfries and Galloway has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Penninghame itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Penninghame, in Dumfries and Galloway and Wigtownshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/16793
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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