We could not match "WESTERKIRK" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 20 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "WESTERKIRK":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Boykin	Dumfries Shire	Westerkirk parish, Dumfriesshire, running 3 miles eastward to the Esk, 3½ miles NW of Langholm. An ancient chapel stood	Groome
  Enzleholm Height	Dumfries Shire	Enzleholm Height , in par. and 2½ m. W. of Westerkirk, E. Dumfries; has vestiges of ancient fortification.	Bartholomew
  Esk	Dumfries Shire	Westerkirk, Langholm, and Canonbic parishes, then for 5 furlongs flows south-south-westward along the English Border, and finally passes	Groome
  Eskdale	Dumfries Shire	Westerkirk, Langholm, and Canonbie. The first and the second of these parishes, most of the third, and all Ewes, are hilly	Groome
  Eskdalemuir	Dumfries Shire	Westerkirk, S and SW by Hutton, and NW by Moffat. Its utmost length, from N to S, is 12 7 / 8 . miles	Groome
  Ewes	Dumfries Shire	Westerkirk. Its utmost length, from N to S, is 9½ miles; its utmost breadth, from E to W, is 7 miles	Groome
  Glendinning	Dumfries Shire	Glendinning , estate with remains of old castle, Westerkirk par., NE. Dumfries-shire, on Megget Water.	Bartholomew
  Glendinning	Dumfries Shire	Westerkirk parish, NE Dumfriesshire, on Megget Water, 5 miles N by W of the church. It belongs to Sir F. J. W. Johnstone	Groome
  Hutton and Corrie	Dumfries Shire	Westerkirk, SE and S by Tundergarth, and W by Dryfesdale, Applegarth, and Wamphray, it has an utmost length from N by W to S by E of 14 miles	Groome
  Kirktonbill	Dumfries Shire	Kirktonbill .-- vil., Westerkirk par., E. Dumfriesshire, on river Esk, 6 miles NW. of Langholm.	Bartholomew
  Kirktonhill	Dumfries Shire	Kirktonhill, a village in Westerkirk parish, Dumfriesshire, on the left bank of the Esk, 6 miles NW of Langholm.	Groome
  Knock	Dumfries Shire	Knock, a village in Westerkirk parish, Dumfriesshire, on the right bank of the Esk, 6½ miles NW of Langholm. v	Groome
  Langholm	Dumfries Shire	Westerkirk, NE by Ewes, SE and S by Canonbie, SW by Half-Morton, and W by Middlebie and Tundergarth. Its utmost	Groome
  Megget Water	Dumfries Shire	Megget Water , left affluent of river Esk, Westerkirk par., Dumfriesshire.	Bartholomew
  Milk, Water of	Dumfries Shire	Westerkirk parish, at an altitude of 780 feet, and winding 17¾ miles south-south-westward, chiefly along the boundary	Groome
  Teviothead	Roxburghshire	Westerkirk, and Eskdalemuir in Dumfriesshire, and NW and N by Roberton. Its utmost length, from NE to SW, is 10¾ miles	Groome
  Tundergarth	Dumfries Shire	Westerkirk and Langholm, SE by Middlebie and Hoddom, and SW by St Mungo. Its utmost length, from NE to SW, is 9¾ miles	Groome
  Westerhall	Dumfries Shire	Westerhall , seat, Westerkirk par., Dumfriesshire, on river Esk, 5 miles W. of Langholm.	Bartholomew
  Westerkirk	Dumfries Shire	Westerkirk , par., Dumfriesshire, on river Esk, 26,992 ac., pop. 478; the church is 6 miles NW. of Langholm. Thomas	Bartholomew
  Westerkirk	Dumfries Shire	Westerkirk was erected into the separate parish of Eskdalemuir, whilst part of Staplegorton was annexed to Westerkirk, the other part	Groome

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