In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Gelston like this:
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.
Gelston through time
Gelston 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 Gelston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gelston, in Dumfries and Galloway and Kirkcudbrightshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22402
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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