Dumfriesshire
Dumfriesshire, alternately the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries, is a historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the historic county.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lochmaben and Millhousebridge.
Lochmaben
Town
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochmaben is a small town and civil parish in Scotland, and site of a castle. It lies 4 miles west of Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway. By the 12th century the Bruce family had become the local landowners and, in the 14th century, Edward I rebuilt Lochmaben Castle.
Millhousebridge
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Millhousebridge is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Applegarthtown
Hamlet
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Applegarthtown, also known as Applegarth or Applegirth, is a village near Lockerbie in Annandale, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Applegarthtown is situated on the east bank of the River Annan close to its junction with the Nethercleugh Burn. it is five kilometres west of Lockerbie.
Dumfriesshire
Latitude
55.1667° or 55° 10′ northLongitude
-3.5° or 3° 30′ westPopulation
77,100Elevation
203 feet (62 metres)Open location code
9C7R5G82+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 302323782OpenStreetMap feature
place=countyGeoNames ID
2650795Wikidata ID
Q1247384
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Dumfriesshire” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Դամֆրիսշիր”
- Azerbaijani: “Damfrisşir”
- Belarusian: “Дамфрысшыр”
- Breton: “Dumfriesshire”
- Catalan: “Siorrachd Dhùn Phrìs”
- Cebuano: “Dumfriesshire”
- Chinese: “鄧弗里斯郡”
- Czech: “Dumfriesshire”
- Dutch: “Dumfriesshire”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دومفريسشير”
- French: “Dumfriesshire”
- German: “Dumfriesshire”
- Hungarian: “Dumfriesshire”
- Irish: “Contae Dhùn Phris”
- Irish: “Dún Phrís”
- Irish: “Dùn Phris”
- Irish: “Siorrachd Dhùn Phris”
- Italian: “Contea di Dumfries”
- Italian: “Dumfriesshire”
- Japanese: “ダムフリーシャー”
- Japanese: “ダムフリーズシャー”
- Japanese: “ダンフリーズシャー”
- Korean: “덤프리스”
- Korean: “덤프리스셔”
- Korean: “덤프리스주”
- Kurdish: “Dumfriesshire”
- Latin: “Drumfrisiensis”
- Latin: “Dumfriesshire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dumfriesshire”
- Norwegian: “Dumfriesshire”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Dumfriesscīr”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Dūnprīssċīr”
- Persian: “دام فرایشایر”
- Persian: “دامفریشر”
- Polish: “Dumfriesshire”
- Portuguese: “Dumfriesshire”
- Russian: “Дамфрисшир”
- Scots: “Dumfriesshire”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Siorrachd Dhùn Phris”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dumfriesshire”
- Slovak: “Dumfriesshire”
- Slovenian: “Dumfriesshire”
- Spanish: “Dumfriesshire”
- Swedish: “Dumfriesshire”
- Venetian: “contea de Dumfries”
- Welsh: “Dumfriesshire”
- Welsh: “Swydd Dumfries”
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