Wigtownshire
Britishnoun
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The review will also have a "specific focus" on maternity services in Caithness, Elgin and Wigtownshire, where there are longstanding campaigns to improve local services.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The 70-mile journey facing expectant mothers in Wigtownshire to get to services in Dumfries is also the subject of a long-running campaign and a nationwide review of provision is now under way.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
A keen rugby player in his youth he played for his school team and Wigtownshire RFC before joining the merchant navy.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2022
A reluctant pupil, he gives up school at 13 "to work at the hay", with ambitions to elevate himself from lowly farmhand to ploughman, a position of some status in the Scottish community of Wigtownshire.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2012
“Lochroyal,” where the ballad is localized, is in Wigtownshire, but the localization varies.
From A Collection of Ballads by Andrew Lang
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