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Place name County Entry Source Auldgirth Dumfries Shire Auldgirth, a place in the southern angle of Closeburn parish, Dumfriesshire, on the river Nith and on the Glasgow and South Groome Auldgirth Dumfries Shire Auldgirth , hamlet, and sta. on Glasgow & South-Western Ry., in co. and 8 miles NW. of Dumfries by rail Bartholomew Blackwood Dumfries Shire Auldgirth station, and 5¾ miles SSE of Thornhill- The hill (604 feet) rises immediately W of the mansion, in the south Groome Closeburn Dumfries Shire Auldgirth station, the surface sinks to 92 feet above sea-level, thence rising northward and north-north-eastward to 784 feet Groome Colliston Dumfries Shire Auldgirth station. It belonged to the father of the eminent John Welch (1570-1623), who probably was born here; and it is now the property Groome Colliston Dumfries Shire Colliston , seat, 7 miles W. of Auldgirth sta., SW. Dumfries-shire. Bartholomew Craigenputtoch Dumfries Shire Auldgirth station, and 15 WNW of Dumfries. From. May 1828 to May 1834 it was the home of Thomas Carlyle Groome Dalswinton Dumfries Shire Auldgirth station, and 7½ NNW of Dumfries, under which it has a post office. Dalswinton House, 1 mile SSE, and within Groome Dunscore Dumfries Shire Auldgirth, and 9 NW of Dumfries, under which it has a post office. The parish is bounded N by Glencairn Groome Ellisland Dumfries Shire Auldgirth station. Extending to 170 acres, it was rented for £50 a year by Robert Burns (1759-96) from Groome Friars Carse Dumfries Shire Auldgirth sta. and 6 m. NW. of Dumfries; was a cell of Melrose Abbey. Friars Carse was often visited by Burns Bartholomew Hopefield Dumfries Shire Hopefield , vil., 5 m. from Auldgirth sta., Dumfries. Bartholomew Isle Toll Dumfries Shire Isle Toll , Kirkmahoe par., Dumfriesshire, 2 miles SE. of Auldgirth; P.O.; in vicinity is Isle Tower , seat. Bartholomew Isle-Toll Dumfries Shire Auldgirth. Isle or Isle Tower, near it, is a modern mansion, whose owner, Joseph Gillon-Fergusson, Esq. (b. 1848; suc. 1879), holds Groome Keir Dumfries Shire Auldgirth Bridge. The southern border is traced by Glenmids Burn; and six other rivulets, each about 1½ mile long Groome Nith Ayrshire
Dumfries Shire
KirkcudbrightshireAuldgirth Brig,' which Carlyle's father helped to build - the hills recede from it in sweeps, describing the arc of a circle Groome Portrack Dumfries Shire Portrack , seat, Holyrood par., Dumfriesshire, on river Nith, 3 miles SE. of Auldgirth ry. sta. Bartholomew Portract Dumfries Shire with a mansion, in Holywood parish, Dumfriesshire, near the right bank of the Nith, 3¼ miles SSE of Auldgirth. Groome
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