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Garliestown, a small town and a bay in Sorbie parish, SW Wigtownshire. Founded about 1760, by John, seventh Earl of Galloway, then Lord Garlies, the town stands on the W shore of the bay, in the northern vicinity of Galloway House, and by the Wigtownshire branch (1875) of the Caledonian is 5 miles NNE of Whithorn, and 9¼ SSE of Wigtown. It bends in the form of a crescent round the bay, and, consisting of neat substantial houses, built of whinstone, presents a pleasant appearance. Rope and sail making, ship building, fishing, and a saw-mill afford employment. A considerable commerce in the export of agricultural produce, and the import of coal, lime, manures, etc., is carried on from a harbour, which, naturally good, was artificially enlarged and improved about 1855; and Garliestown has a post office, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments, two hotels, a Congregational chapel, a public school, a bowling green, and a Good Templars' hall, with accommodation for 300 persons. By steamboat it communicates with Glasgow, Liverpool, and Douglas in the Isle of Man. Pop. (1861) 685, (1871) 683, (1881) 699.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a small town and a bay" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Sorbie ScoP Wigtownshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Garliestown |
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