Castle Douglas (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Dhùghlais) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the lieutenancy area of Kirkcudbrightshire... 25 KB (2,631 words) - 13:03, 21 March 2024 |
Douglas Castle was a stronghold of the Douglas (later Douglas-Home) family from medieval times to the 20th century. The first castle, erected in the 13th... 8 KB (913 words) - 10:50, 25 April 2023 |
name. The original caput of the family was Douglas Castle in Lanarkshire. The Kirk of St Bride at Douglas, along with Melrose Abbey and the Abbey of... 80 KB (8,754 words) - 07:30, 1 December 2023 |
through the hills called the Glenkens which carries the A713 road from Castle Douglas to Ayr. The Galloway Hills lie to the west of this route through the... 47 KB (3,514 words) - 12:57, 4 April 2024 |
Britain . The Douglas of Castle Douglas, Kirkudbright Baronetcy was created 17 July 1801 in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The Douglas of Glenbervie... 7 KB (815 words) - 20:41, 23 July 2022 |
Chris Fulton (category People from Castle Douglas) Fulton (born 27 November 1988) is a Scottish actor. Fulton grew up in Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway. His parents David and Pauline run the King's... 9 KB (574 words) - 07:03, 6 March 2024 |
Douglas, South Lanarkshire Douglas Castle, South Lanarkshire Douglas Water, South Lanarkshire Glen Douglas, Argyll and Bute Douglas, Dundee Douglas,... 5 KB (607 words) - 01:47, 20 January 2024 |
1371–1390) granted the castle to Sir Henry Douglas, the husband of his niece Marjory. Beginning in the 14th century, the castle served as a state prison... 19 KB (2,441 words) - 14:12, 2 May 2024 |
Castle Douglas railway station served the town of Castle Douglas, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the administrative area of Dumfries and... 3 KB (142 words) - 07:24, 17 February 2024 |
Fawdon, imprisoned Longleg at Harbottle Castle and made off with some £100 sterling of goods. William Douglas was injured in the fight. Ita quod fere... 17 KB (2,122 words) - 23:31, 12 April 2024 |
Douglas Rovers F.C. was an association football club from Castle Douglas in Dumfriesshire. The first reported matches for the club after from 1883. After... 11 KB (1,275 words) - 11:34, 29 July 2023 |
Castle Douglas St Andrew Street railway station served the town of Castle Douglas, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the administrative... 3 KB (140 words) - 08:02, 18 February 2024 |
Castle Douglas and Crocketford is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects three Councillors. 2017... 8 KB (104 words) - 08:05, 19 November 2023 |
railway branch line linking Kirkcudbright to the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway at Castle Douglas. It opened in 1864, and closed in 1965. By 1861... 8 KB (1,108 words) - 23:29, 29 January 2023 |
creature was first incorrectly documented in 1845 by Joseph Train of Castle Douglas, Galloway, Scotland, in his An Historical and Statistical Account of... 5 KB (626 words) - 09:27, 31 December 2023 |
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (8 October 1515 – 7 March 1578), was the daughter of the Scottish queen dowager Margaret Tudor and her second husband... 23 KB (2,522 words) - 01:25, 4 March 2024 |
William Douglas, 1st Baronet (died 1809) was a Scottish landowner and industrialist, best known for founding the planned town of Castle Douglas in the... 3 KB (303 words) - 23:27, 1 March 2024 |
Douglas (c. 1220–c. 1274), Scoto-Norman nobleman William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas (died c. 1298), Scottish soldier and governor of Berwick Castle William... 6 KB (774 words) - 20:14, 8 August 2023 |
and Wigtownshire Joint Committee. The Portpatrick Railway connected Castle Douglas and Portpatrick, opened in 1861 and 1862 and was intended to revive... 54 KB (7,809 words) - 20:43, 9 February 2024 |