A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Dumfries. You may be able to find further references to Dumfries in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Dumfries | a town and a parish | Groome |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Dumfries.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Black Loch | a small lake | Groome |
| Castledykes | a picturesque spot | Groome |
| Gasstown | a village | Groome |
| Gasstown | village | Bartholomew |
| Georgetown | a village | Groome |
| Greenbrae | a village | Groome |
| Locharbriggs | a village | Groome |
| Noblehill | a village | Groome |
| Stoop | village | Bartholomew |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Dumfries within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 12, Part 1: South-Western Scotland | 13 |
| Robert Gammage | To Scotland in 1843 | 3 |
| John Wesley | 1757-9: "I do Indeed Live by Preaching"; Advice to Travelers; French Prisoners | 2 |
| George Borrow | Chirk Castle | 1 |
| William Camden | Scotland: South of the Antonine Wall | 1 |
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 12, Part 2: Glasgow and central Scotland | 1 |
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 13, Part 1: Fife and Perth | 1 |
| George Head | Carlisle and the Solway Firth | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1751-3: Wesley's Marriage; Cornwall Smugglers; Illness and Recovery | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1765-8: Justice for Methodists; Methodist Character; Instructions to Parents | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Maxwelltown | 0 | 2 |
| Noblehill | 0 | 2 |
| Gasstown | 0 | 2 |
| Terregles | 0 | 2 |
| Locharbriggs | 0 | 1 |
| Troqueer | 0 | 2 |
| Kirkmahoe | 0 | 2 |
| Holywood | 0 | 2 |
| Tinwald | 0 | 2 |
| Torthorwald | 0 | 2 |
| Amisfield | 0 | 2 |
| Duncow | 0 | 2 |
| Glencaple | 0 | 2 |
| Lochrutton | 0 | 2 |
| Isle Toll | 0 | 2 |
| Caerlaverock | 3 | 3 |
| New Abbey | 0 | 2 |
| Dalswinton | 0 | 2 |
| Mouswald | 0 | 2 |
| Kirkpatrick Irongay | 0 | 3 |