Portpatrick is a village and civil parish in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the west coast of... 11 KB (1,195 words) - 10:20, 19 March 2024 |
The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railways was a network of railway lines serving sparsely populated areas of south-west Scotland. The title appeared... 54 KB (7,809 words) - 20:43, 9 February 2024 |
Stranraer at the head of Loch Ryan and the small tourist village of Portpatrick on the west coast. Other villages are dotted up and down the peninsula... 12 KB (1,450 words) - 13:25, 28 December 2023 |
bridge. Two possible routes were proposed: Portpatrick–Larne and Kintyre peninsula–Torr Head. The Portpatrick route would cross the dyke. Explosive ordnance... 8 KB (745 words) - 15:01, 4 April 2024 |
Cairnryan Harbour (section Portpatrick at first) loss of commitment to Portpatrick. In 1857 the Portpatrick Railway was authorised, its primary objective being to connect Portpatrick and Carlisle for the... 12 KB (1,589 words) - 11:26, 11 July 2022 |
Portpatrick railway station was a railway station serving the village of Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. Opened in 1862 the station served... 7 KB (767 words) - 10:50, 1 November 2022 |
period by couples going to Portpatrick in Scotland to marry, as there was a daily packet boat. During this period, Portpatrick was known as the "Gretna... 21 KB (1,985 words) - 18:47, 20 March 2024 |
reached by a military road built from Dumfries to allow easier access to Portpatrick for transportation of people to Ireland for the Plantation of Ulster... 28 KB (2,874 words) - 21:18, 27 April 2024 |
Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway (G&PJR) was a railway company in Scotland. It opened in 1877 between Girvan and Challoch Junction, where it joined... 23 KB (3,663 words) - 17:35, 19 May 2022 |
their two dogs on the site of an old military listening station near Portpatrick. The build is a half-buried waterproof box built of concrete, blockwork... 77 KB (103 words) - 09:09, 10 March 2024 |
Mull of Galloway, Port Logan harbour, Killantringan Lighthouse near Portpatrick and Corsewall Lighthouse near Stranraer. On review aggregator Rotten... 10 KB (947 words) - 09:26, 9 April 2024 |
to 1965 on the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway. The station opened on 5 October 1877 by the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway. To the south... 3 KB (164 words) - 23:14, 21 October 2022 |
scouting also took place in Scotland, including around the Isle of Skye, Portpatrick, Scourie, Perthshire, and Loch Lomond. Amazon and Creative Scotland held... 310 KB (23,765 words) - 13:01, 25 April 2024 |
and Belfast is the route used by the existing ferry service, that via Portpatrick/Stranraer (about 150 km (93 mi) from Glasgow) and Larne (about 35 km... 13 KB (1,231 words) - 12:31, 20 April 2024 |
Company completed the first successful Irish link on May 23 between Portpatrick and Donaghadee using the collier William Hutt.: 34–36 The same ship... 135 KB (16,141 words) - 01:18, 1 May 2024 |
Stranraer Town railway station (category Former Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway stations) Wigtownshire, Scotland, served the town of Stranraer and was a station on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. Opened on 11 March 1861, when the Castle... 3 KB (199 words) - 18:00, 12 November 2022 |
not have a radio telephone) by radio operator David Broadfoot to the Portpatrick Radio Station: "Hove-to off mouth of Loch Ryan. Vessel not under command... 21 KB (2,528 words) - 09:11, 4 April 2024 |
to 1965 on the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway. The station opened on 5 October 1877 by the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway. To the west... 3 KB (161 words) - 02:17, 29 October 2022 |
Stranraer railway station (category Former Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway stations) opened on 1 October 1862 by the Portpatrick Railway; however, the current station buildings date from 1877 under the Portpatrick Railways Act 1877. The original... 11 KB (1,026 words) - 11:32, 23 April 2024 |
Centauro-class fiscalization boat Orion (paddle steamer), a ship which sank off Portpatrick, Scotland in 1850 MV Orion, a cruise ship RMS Orion, an ocean liner of... 12 KB (1,375 words) - 16:26, 14 April 2024 |
in 1884. In 1885 became assistant minister of Trinity Free Church in Portpatrick, Wigtonshire, Scotland and succeeded the senior pastor there upon his... 2 KB (166 words) - 03:27, 14 November 2022 |