A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Craigdarroch, an estate, with a mansion, in Glencairn parish, Dumfriesshire, 2¼ miles W of Moniaive. Its owner, Robert Cutlar Fergusson, Esq. (b. 1855; suc. 1859), holds 2264 acres in the shire, valued at £1755 per annum. Craigdarroch Burn, rising upon the eastern slope of Cornharrow Hill at 1500 feet above sea-level, close to the boundary with Kirkcudbrightshire, runs 6 miles east-by-southward to the vicinity of Moniaive, where it unites with Dalwhat and Castlefern burns to form the river cairn.—Ord. Sur., sh. 9, 1863.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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