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The following appear as names for Galloway. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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GALLOWAY | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
F.H. Groome | Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4). | |
GALWYDDEL | F.H. Groome | Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Galloway. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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GALLOWAY | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
Constituency (PCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969) | |
GALLOWAY AND UPPER NITHSDALE | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
KIRKCUDBRIGHT SHIRE AND WIGTOWNSHIRE | Constituency (PCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE AND WIGTOWNSHIRE GALLOWAY | Constituency (CCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970 (Chichester: Political Reference Publications, 1971) |
NITHSDALE UPPER | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
UPPER NITHSDALE | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Galloway, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Galloway, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Galloway, in Dumfries and Galloway and Scotland | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20057/names
Date accessed: 15th June 2024