In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Browhouses like this:
Browhouses, a village and a bay in Gretna parish, Dumfriesshire. The village stands on the bay, 5½ miles E by S of Annan, and is of considerable magnitude. The bay is merely a slight encurvature between Tordoff and Redkirk Points; but it affords some shelter from the rushing tides of the Solway,
Browhouses through time
Browhouses is now part of Dumfries and Galloway district. Click here for graphs and data of how Dumfries and Galloway has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Browhouses itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Browhouses, in Dumfries and Galloway and Dumfries Shire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22004
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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