Auldgirth
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| Auldgirth | |
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 The Auldgirth Inn, an auld coachin inn on the A76 road. | |
  Auldgirth Location within Dumfries an Gallowa | |
| OS grid reference | NX9186 |
| Cooncil area | |
| Kintra | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Post toun | Dumfries |
| Diallin code | 01387 |
| Police | Scots |
| Fire | Scots |
| Ambulance | Scots |
| EU Pairlament | Scotland |
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[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "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 University of Edinburgh (Unpublished PhD Thesis).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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