Kirkcudbrightshire

Kirkcudbrightshire is a Scottish county on the Solway Firth in the south-west of Scotland.

Its county town is Kirkcudbright.

Kirkcudbrightshire was known by other names in the past: East Galloway because it is the eastern part of the old Kingdom of Galloway, and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, because it was once governed by a steward employed by the Lord of Galloway and not a sheriff appointed by the king.

Kirkcudbrightshire is named after the town of Kirkcudbright, which means "Cuthbert's church".

• Kirkcudbright, county town
• Castle Douglas
• Dalbeattie
• Gatehouse of Fleet
• Maxwelltown
• Minnigaff
• New Galloway
• St John's Town of Dalry

• Auchencairn
• Balmaclellan
• Carsphairn
• Carsethorn
• Creetown
• Crocketford
• Kirkbean
• Kirkgunzeon
• Laurieston
• New Abbey
• Ringford
• Springholm
• Twynholm

For local government, the county is in the Dumfries and Galloway council area.

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