Minnigaff
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 58 ′ N , 4 ° 29 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | NEWTON STEWART | ||
| ZIP code section | DG8 | ||
| prefix | 01671 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| British Parliament | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | ||
Minnigaff is a town in the Scottish Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . It is only separated from Newton Stewart by the Cree and flows seamlessly into the neighboring community of Creebridge in the south . Minnigaff is on the western edge of the traditional county of Kirkcudbrightshire . The county of Wigtownshire begins on the right bank of the border river Cree . The Penkiln Burn flows into the Cree in Minnigaff .
history
In the 13th century there was a castle with a moth at the confluence of the Penkiln Burn and Cree . William Wallace stormed the fortification, which was probably built around 1208, in 1298. The ruins that have been preserved are now protected as a Scheduled Monument . The ruins of the early medieval chapel directly north of the castle are also listed.
Before Newton Stewart was founded in the late 17th century, minnigaff was of local importance. A market was held every Saturday, where families from the rural area stocked up. With the Cumloden House located outside, a country villa was built around 1820 which served the Earls of Galloway as summer quarters.
After 1855 people were counted in Minnigaff as part of the census survey in 1831, the number fell in the following decades. In 1971 only 658 inhabitants were recorded. In 1936, James Mirrlees , the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize laureate for economics, was born in Minnigaff.
traffic
Minnigaff is connected to the road network via the B7079 which runs through the neighboring Creebridge. The B-road ends near the junction of the A712 ( Crocketford- Creebridge) with the nationally important A75 ( Stranraer - Gretna Green ). Historically, the construction of which was Cree Bridge between Creebridge Newton Stewart and as part of the trunk road from Carlisle to Portpatrick important for the transport of Minnigaff. John Rennie was responsible for the design of the bridge, which began in 1812. After the A75 was moved south, the bridge is no longer a trunk road. However, it connects Minnigaff to the A714 ( Wigtown - Girvan ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ a b Minnigaff in: FH Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing, Edinburgh, 1885.
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
