Auldgirth

Auldgirth
Auldgirth
	; The Auldgirth Inn, an auld coachin inn on the A76 road.
	Auldgirth Location within Dumfries an Gallowa
OS grid reference	NX9186
Cooncil area	Dumfries an Gallowa;
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	Dumfries
Diallin code	01387
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
	Leet o places UK Scotland 55°09′N 3°43′W / 55.15°N 03.71°WCoordinates: 55°09′N 3°43′W / 55.15°N 03.71°W

Auldgirth is a veelage on the A76 road in the historical coonty o Dumfriesshire, in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland.^[1] The veelage featurs the Auldgirth Inn, and the umwhile Auldgirth Primary School that closed in 2000.^[2] Oreeginal the woners o Auldgirth flitted til the schame, situatit neist til the A76, bit in recent years this haes eikit til the ootby auries acause o renewin programmes. The name Auldgirth is fae the Middle English leid ald(e) girth, meanin "auld girth".^[3] At ae-time it had a mannit railwey station, situatit ae mile sooth o the veelage, juist afore the clachan o Dalswintoun. Carse Loch an Freers Carse kintra-hoose hottle is locatit nearby.

References

↑ "Auldgirth". Scottish Places. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
↑ "Holywood Primary School". Dumfries and Galloway Council. Archived frae the original on 17 Mey 2015. Retrieved 17 Mey 2015.
↑ Williamson, May G. (1942). The Non-Celtic Place-names of the Scottish Border Counties (PDF). University of Edinburgh (Unpublished PhD Thesis). p. 115. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 21 August 2014.

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[1] "Auldgirth". Scottish Places. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

[2] "Holywood Primary School". Dumfries and Galloway Council. Archived frae the original on 17 Mey 2015. Retrieved 17 Mey 2015.

[3] Williamson, May G. (1942). The Non-Celtic Place-names of the Scottish Border Counties (PDF). University of Edinburgh (Unpublished PhD Thesis). p. 115. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 21 August 2014.

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