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Creetown
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a seaport of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Pop. (1901) 991. It is situated near the head of Wigtown Bay, 18 m. W. of Castle Douglas, but 232 m. by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railway. The granite quarries in the vicinity constitute the leading industry, the stone for the Liverpool docks and other public works having been obtained from them. The village dates from 1785, and it became a burgh of barony in 1792. Sir Walter Scott laid part of the scene of Guy Mannering in this neighbourhood. Dr Thomas Brown, the metaphysician (1778-1820), was a native of the parish (Kirkmabreck) in which Creetown lies.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Creetown'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/creetown.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Creetown'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/creetown.html. 1910.
