Carsphairn
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Carsphairn Scottish Gaelic To Còrsa Feàrna |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 13 ′ N , 4 ° 16 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 115 (as of October 2017) | ||
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| Post town | Castle Douglas | ||
| ZIP code section | DG7 | ||
| prefix | 01644 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Lieutenancy Area | Kirkcudbrightshire | ||
| Council area | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| British Parliament | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Galloway and West Dumfries | ||
Carsphairn is a village in the Council Area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland .
geography
The place is 36 kilometers southeast of Ayr and 37 kilometers northwest of Castle Douglas in the Galloway Forest Park , in the area of "the Glenkens", the eastern part of the Rhinns of Kells mountain range . The neighboring towns are New Cumnock and Sanquhar in the northeast, Moniaive in the east, St John's Town of Dalry in the southeast, Newton Stewart in the southwest, Girvan in the west and Dalleagles in the northwest.
history
Carsphairn was probably already a municipality in 1627 but in 1696 at the latest.
Born in the village
- Alexander McKay (1841–1917), Scottish-New Zealand geologist and mineralogist
Web links
Commons : Carsphairn - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Carsphairn on visionofbritain.org.uk (English)
- Carsphairn on canmore.org.uk (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dumfries and Galloway Council (Eds.): Dee and Glenkens - Ward 3 Profiles . S. 3 (English, dumgal.gov.uk [PDF; 68.6 MB ; accessed on August 16, 2020]).
- ↑ osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk (English)
- ↑ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords (1841): “Sessional Papers Printed by Order of the House of Lords, Or Presented by Royal Command, in Session 40 & 50 Victoriæ (26th January – 22d June) and Session 50 Victoriæ (19th August – 7th October ) 1841 ", Volume 7, S.190 Retrieved August 16, 2020.