Kirkcudbrightshire
Britishnoun
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Tom tells me that you called on Mr. Haslam, with a newspaper giving an account of a gentleman in a Fur cap falling over a precipice in Kirkcudbrightshire.
From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John
Lincluden College, Kirkcudbrightshire, was founded anew about the end of the 14th century by Archibald, the Grim, who expelled the nuns.
From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald
In Scotland this is generally a very rare butterfly, but has latterly been abundant in Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire.
From British Butterfiles Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species by Coleman, W. S. (William Stephen)
He was the son of a gardener, and was born at Arbigland in Kirkcudbrightshire.
From This Country of Ours by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
At the farm of Newlaw, in the parish of Rerrick, in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, some people named Crosbie lived about the year 1782—at least, they had a son, Douglas, who was born there in that year.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children by Lamb, Mary
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