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	Wigtown - LoveToKnow 1911
		WIGTOWN, a royal burgh and the county town of Wigtownshire, Scotland.
		It is situated on the western shore of Wigtown Bay - whence the name, from the Scandinavian vik, " bay"-7 m.
		Wigtown was made a royal burgh in 1469.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Wigtown (0 words)

	Wigtown
		Wigtown (Gd: Baile na h-Uige) is a town and former royal burgh in the Machars of Galloway in the south west of Scotland, south of Newton Stewart and east of Stranraer.
		Wigtown later passed to the Earls of Douglas and was restored to its former tenure as a royal burgh as a result of the forfeiture of the Douglases in 1455.
		Wigtown is not to be confused with the Cumbrian town of Wigton.
	www.globalguide.org /?lat=54.8674&long=-4.444&zoom=5&name=Wigtown&wiki=0&title=Wigtown (3902 words)

	Wigtown - Scotland's National Book Town in the beautiful Dumfries & Galloway region of Scotland
		Wigtown was awarded the title of “Scotland’s National Book Town” in 1998 and its Literary Festivals have helped to establish it as an integral part of the Scottish cultural scene.
		Wigtown is also famous for the tale of the two Margarets who were sentenced to death by drowning in the days of the Covenanters.
		To the east of Wigtown you can visit the Martyr’s Stake, a monument erected as a memorial to the drownings, and their gravestones can be seen in the cemetery of the Parish church.
	www.scottishmultimedia.co.uk /Wigtown/index.html (0 words)

	Wigtown
		Wigtown is a town in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway, south of Newton Stewart and east of Stranraer.
		There is a significant difference from Hay-on-Wye: Wigtown's status as a book town was planned, in order to regenerate a very depressed town (the main employers, the dairy and distillery, having closed in the 1990s).
		The actor James Robertson Justice was born at Wigtown on June 15, 1905.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/w/wi/wigtown.html (198 words)

	Wigtown - Scotland's National Book Town
		Wigtown is host to a busy street market twice a month from Easter till October with around twenty stalls filled with everything you would expect in a rural market – jams, chutney and locally smoked foods next to knitwear and antiques.
		South of Wigtown to Whithorn lies the cradle of Scottish Christianity where the first church was built with the story of the town’s past revealed by fascinating archaeological displays.
		Wigtown has 30 book-related businesses, including the largest second-hand traditional bookshop in Scotland and the publisher of the smallest books in the world.
	www.electricscotland.com /books/wigtown.htm (0 words)

	Wigtown Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		Wigtown lies close to the head of Wigtown Bay some six miles south of the main A75 at Newton Stewart.
		Silting of the River Bladnoch and Wigtown Bay caused problems for shipping bound for Wigtown from as early as the 1600s, and by the mid 1900s the harbour had ceased to function at all.
		A miles south east of Wigtown the main road crosses the River Bladnoch in the village of Bladnoch.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /wigtown/wigtown/index.html (0 words)

	an online guide to tourism related websites for wigtown, dumfries and
		Wigtown is situated in the Machars, Dumfries and Galloway and is Scotlands National Book Town.
		However, Wigtown is also ideally placed to visit many other attractions in the area.
		Wigtownshire County Golf Club is one of the most popular holiday courses in South West Scotland, situated on the shores of Luce Bay.The area enjoys a temperate climate and the club is renowned for its friendly welcome to visitors.
	www.dgvisitor.co.uk /wigtown.htm (0 words)

	Wigtown - Dumfries and Galloway: Hotels, B&B, Accommodation, Self Catering Holiday Cottages
		Wigtown offers a unique shopping experience: first editions and collectables, rare and beautiful miniature books the size of a postage stamp, a commemorative newspaper.
		It also houses the Interpretation Centre for Wigtown Bay Local Nature Reserve, where you can view by video camera the Galloway Ospreys during their nesting season (April to August), or the local wetlands for the rest of the year.
		Wigtown Bay Local Nature Reserve is the largest local reserve in the UK.
	www.visitsouthernscotland.com /area/town_detail.asp?TownID=83 (0 words)

	AbeBooks: Wigtown Book Festival
		"Wigtown is one of the most undervalued and most beautiful parts of Scotland," said Carolle, who has also lived on the Isles of Scilly off the Cornish coast.
		Wigtown is a quirky place full of interesting people.
		Moira McCarty is one of the most experienced booksellers in Wigtown.
	www.abebooks.co.uk /docs/Community/Featured/wigtown-booksellers.shtml (1650 words)

	Wigtown - Scotland's National Book Town
		Wigtown is a beautiful town set in the idyllic surroundings of The Machars of Wigtownshire, South West Scotland.
		Wigtown is in the Machars region of Dumfries and Galloway, South West Scotland, UK.
		The name Wigtown comes from the Germanic language “Town or port on the bay” immensely appropriate given the town` position overlooking Wigtown Bay and the first crossing over the river Cree, made it a place of strategic and commercial importance.
	www.wigtown-booktown.co.uk /wigtown.htm (0 words)

	UK-GolfGuide : A golfer's Guide to Wigtown and Bladnoch Golf Club, Wigtown in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
		Please note that although this club does not have a password which allows them to update their information via the Internet so please see the disclaimer at the foot of this screen regarding the accuracy and completeness of the information..
		Please click on this icon for a popup page containing a more detailed map of the location of Wigtown and Bladnoch Golf Club as well as all the other golf clubs within a 30 mile radius of it.
		If you know that any of the information shown for Wigtown and Bladnoch Golf Club is inaccurate or out of date, please tell UK-GolfGuide so that we can update our files.
	www.uk-golfguide.com /scotland/26838.html (0 words)

	Wigtown
		Wigtown is situated in the 'Machars', 7 miles south of Newton Stewart.
		Wigtown Bay is excellent for bird watching and a bird hide is to be found there.
		About 1 mile from Wigtown is Bladnoch where you can visit Bladnoch Distillery, the most southerly distillery in Scotland.
	www.visitscotland.com /library/wigtowntown (175 words)

	Historical perspective for Wigtown (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The ancient church of Wigtown stood on a retired spot about 100 yards from the E end of the town, and was dedicated to St Machute, who died in 554.
		Wigtown is the seat of a custom house which comprehends in its district the creeks of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbright, from the Mull of Galloway to the mouth of the river Fleet.
		Wigtown unites with Whithorn (230), Stranraer (788), and New Galloway (60) in sending a member to parliament, and is the returning burgh; but under the Redistribution Bill of 1885 it is proposed to merge it in the county.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81 /scotgaz/towns/townhistory363.html (2894 words)

	Wigtown Book Town (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wigtown is the County Town with a history extending back to the Norman period of Scottish history.
		The main square of Wigtown harks back to the period when the town was fortified with the houses arranged around the vast open space.
		Wigtown has many suitable properties set out around the square which in the past have been used as business premises.
	www.gcbooks.demon.co.uk /wigtown.htm (405 words)

	Wigtown
		Wigtown is a beautiful town set in the idyllic surroundings of The Machars of Wigtownshire, South West Scotland and is an ideal base for exploring this part of Galloway to which it gave its name.
		The Martyrs' Stake, Wigtown, marks the approximate location of the execution by drowning of the Wigtown Martyrs, Margaret Wilson and Margaret McLachlane, on the 11th May, 1685.
		Torhouse Stone Circle, 4 miles west of Wigtown (B733), is a circle of nineteen granite boulders from the 2nd Millennium BC surrounding three central stones.
	www.highlandtraveller.com /hotels/dumfries/wigtown.htm (952 words)

	Book Town Annual Festivals
		Wigtown is already home to 16 of 40 projected book-related businesses; and Ian is quick to point out that the Hay-on-Wye festival, established in 1961, took 20 years to build up to the reputation it currently enjoys.
		One building that is still in serious need of attention, though, is the one that could be the jewel in Wigtown’s crown - the grand old county building.
		And indeed, the Scottish Parliament, in a debate on 15 September, gave its enthusiastic official approval to Wigtown as Scotland’s international Book Town; the first of the book towns to be recognised in such a way.
	www.wigtownbookfestival.com /fullarticle.asp?articleID=9 (749 words)

	Wigtown
		In Scotland, the small community of Wigtown has become known in the UK as a town for books, hosting an array of book launchings and signings throughout the year.
		Wigtown is full of surprises and not just live jazz.
		The countryside around Wigtown might not be quite on the same scale as, say, that of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland but you only have to come a mile or two out of town to find yourself beside rivers and in forests and in the shadow of mountains.
	savvytraveler.publicradio.org /show/features/2000/20001027/wigtown.shtml (856 words)

	Wigtown holiday cottage accommodation Dumfries and Galloway
		Wigtown is a few miles south of Newton Stewart, this is a remote and unspoilt region of Scotland, with some wonderful holiday cottages by the sea to rent and spend your vaction.
		The annual Wigtown book festival in September is a fabulous celebration of Scottish literature and books and attracts many famous authors.
		Whithorn, to the south of Wigtown, is a fascinating archaeological site and the excavations there have found some amazing Christian relics.
	www.scotland-holiday-cottage.com /holiday/wigtown.htm (202 words)

	Overview of Wigtown (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The royal burgh of Wigtown was the county town of Wigtownshire until 1975 and is situated on the west side of Wigtown Bay 7 miles (11 km) south of Newton Stewart.
		Wigtown was a royal burgh by the late 13th Century (and a burgh of barony in 1341) with a castle nearby on the River Bladnoch.
		Nearby is the stone circle of Torhousekie, the Wigtown Bay Local Nature Reserve ('Britain's largest'), the Museum (with a scale model of the town in the 18th century), the Galloway Forest Park with goat and deer enclosures, and the Bladnoch Distillery.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/towns/townfirst363.html (263 words)

	AbeBooks: Wigtown Book Festival
		Wigtown became a 'Book Town' following a search across Scotland for a suitable town in need of regeneration and willing to model itself on Hay-on-Wye — the small Welsh town that dedicated itself to books in order to breathe life into its failing economy.
		In the mid-1990s, Wigtown's agricultural-based economy had declined, young people were leaving the town in droves and, in the words of one current bookseller, "Wigtown was derelict."
		Michael McCreath, chairman of Wigtown's festival committee, explained the festival was a key way of attracting visitors.
	www.abebooks.com /docs/Community/Featured/wigtown.shtml (504 words)

	DGCommunity - Places
		Wigtown lies close to the shore to the head of Wigtown Bay.
		Wigtown has a surprisingly gentle climate and is surrounded by beautiful views that stretch over miles of landscapes.
		Opened in 2003 in the refurbished Wigtown County Building, Wigtown Library is a vibrant community library with an integral Cybercentre and an extensive range of services.
	www.dgcommunity.net /dgcommunity/Places.aspx?mode=townArea&town=Wigtown (244 words)

	DGC - MiniWeb: Wigtown Bay Local Nature Reserve
		Wigtown Bay Local Nature Reserve is the largest LNR in Britain, it is an estuary with large areas of saltmarsh and mudflats that are important for many of the species that live there.
		It is particularly important for salt tolerant plants, wintering wildfowl and fish such as allis and twait shad, and has long been a popular venue for a range of recreational activities including wildfowling, angling and bird watching.
		Wigtown Bayâs wildlife status is reflected in the designations associated with the area.
	www.dumgal.gov.uk /dumgal/miniweb.aspx?id=205 (421 words)

	Wigtown Off Road Driving Centre
		Wigtown Off Road Driving Centre will never release, sell, give away or share your personal data with any third party outside our organisation, without your explicit permission.
		Wigtown Off Road Driving Centre reserves the right to make changes, corrections and/or improvements to this web site, and to the products described in such information, at any time and without notice.
		Auchleand Farm, Wigtown, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, DG8 9TQ
	www.wigtownoffroad.co.uk /terms.htm (413 words)

	Wigtown & Bladnoch County Golf Course - Golf Course in Scotland UK (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wigtown and Bladnoch County Golf Course - Golf Course in Scotland UK COURSES and GOLF HOLIDAYS IN SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND - A UNIQUE GOLFING EXPERIENCE...
		Set in lush parkland just half a mile from Wigtown centre, the course is a haven for those seeking relaxing golf and a friendly atmosphere.
		From the 4th tee there are magnificent views of Wigtown Bay and across the Solway Firth to the Lake District Hills.
	www.stranraer.org /golf/wigtown_golf_club.html (191 words)

	Scottish Arts Council - Archive - Wigtown Book Festival 2005
		Wigtown is an historic market town on the Galloway coast and is home to 900 people, a malt whisky distillery and a quarter of a million books, and each autumn,Â bibliophiles from all over Britain come to the town for the book festival.
		Wigtown Book Festival is held each year in September, providing ten days of readings, performances, exhibitions and debates.
		All the venues are warm and dry, and between events there will be plenty of time to soak up the atmosphere in Scotland's widest street or browse around the bookshops.
	www.sac.org.uk /1/artsinscotland/literature/projects/archive/wigtownbookfestival2005.aspx (237 words)

	Wigtown, Scotland's National Book Town is home to Byre Books book shop specialising in folklore, mythology stage and ...
		Wigtown was selected as Scotland's Booktown in 1997.
		Wigtown is a true haven for people who enjoy browsing among old books in a peaceful rural setting.
		Wigtown is 100 miles due South of Glasgow by road, 50 miles West of Dumfries and 25 miles East of the Stranraer and Cairnryan ferries.
	www.byrebooks.co.uk /wigtown.htm (898 words)

	Wigtown Book Town, Scotland's National Book Town in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
		Wigtown has some thirty book-related businesses, with new and second-hand books galore.
		Most likely, the people serving you in Wigtown shops will own the businesses, and personal service is something they pride themselves in.
		With nineteen bookshops and an ever-expanding number of customers, we need to constantly be replenishing our stock levels and our latest addition to the web site is aimed at just that – one to one thousand books (or more) we are interested in talking to you - click here for further information.
	www.wigtown-booktown.co.uk (0 words)

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