"Wigtownshire, a maritime co. in SW. extremity of Scotland, forming the
W. division of Galloway; is bounded N. by Ayrshire and the mouth of the
Firth of Clyde, E. by Kirkcudbrightshire, S. by the Irish Sea, and W. by
the Irish Channel; greatest length, E. and W., 30 miles; greatest breadth,
N. and S., 28 miles; area, 310,742 ac., pop. 38,611." from John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British
Isles 1887
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