Dumfriesshire

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county of Scotland historic county

Dumfriesshire is a historic county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, known for its rural landscapes, market towns, and borderland history.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Dumfriesshire canonical	72
Nithsdale	15
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	7
Dumfries and Galloway	2
Kirkcudbright	2
County of Dumfries	1
Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire (historically)	1
Dumfriesshire, Scotland	1
Kirkcudbrightshire	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county of Scotland ⓘ historic county ⓘ
associatedWith	Robert Burns ⓘ
borders	Ayrshire ⓘ England ⓘ Kirkcudbright ⓘ surface form: Kirkcudbrightshire Lanarkshire ⓘ Peeblesshire ⓘ Roxburghshire ⓘ Selkirkshire ⓘ
containsBorderCrossing	Gretna Green, Scotland ⓘ surface form: Gretna Green
containsRegion	Annandale ⓘ Eskdale ⓘ Dumfriesshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nithsdale
containsSettlement	Annan ⓘ Dumfries ⓘ Gretna ⓘ Langholm ⓘ Lockerbie ⓘ Moffat ⓘ Sanquhar ⓘ Thornhill ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
currentAdministrativeArea	Dumfries and Galloway council area ⓘ
hasCoastOn	Solway Firth ⓘ
hasCountyTown	Dumfries ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ forestry ⓘ sheep farming ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent	Pan Am Flight 103 ⓘ surface form: Lockerbie bombing
hasTransportRoute	A74(M) motorway ⓘ West Coast Main Line ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
historicalProvince	Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
historicCountySystem	counties of Scotland ⓘ
knownFor	borderland history ⓘ market towns ⓘ rural landscapes ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Uplands ⓘ south of Scotland ⓘ
partOf	historic region of Galloway and Dumfries ⓘ
regionType	largely rural ⓘ
traversedByRiver	River Annan ⓘ River Esk ⓘ River Nith ⓘ

Referenced by (102)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kirkpatrick (surname) → associatedWithPlace → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

subject surface form: Kirkpatrick

Kirkpatrick (surname) → associatedWithPlace → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

subject surface form: Kirkpatrick

this entity surface form: Dumfries and Galloway

Clan Douglas → region → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland → locatedIn → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dumfries and Galloway

Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland → historicalCounty → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland → historicRegion → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

House of Bruce → associatedWithPlace → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Clan Kirkpatrick → region → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Clan Kirkpatrick → hasHistoricTerritory → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nithsdale

Clan Kirkpatrick → hasHistoricTerritory → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Kirkpatrick-Fleming → hasTraditionalCounty → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Lanarkshire → borderedBy → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Ayrshire → borderedBy → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kirkcudbrightshire

Liddesdale → borders → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Galloway → hasSettlement → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kirkcudbright

Galloway → borderedBy → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Earls of Queensberry → region → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Earls of Queensberry → associatedCounty → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Dumfries

Dukes of Queensberry → historicalRegion → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry → burialPlace → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Dumfriesshire → containsRegion → Dumfriesshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nithsdale

Devil’s Beef Tub → locatedIn → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

MOFFAT → locatedInFormerAdministrativeArea → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Moffat Museum → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Moffat Water → locatedIn → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

southern Scotland → hasSettlement → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Scotland

this entity surface form: Kirkcudbright

Moffat parish → locatedIn → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Lockerbie → partOf → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Lockerbie → hasHistoricalCounty → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Lockerbie → hasParliamentaryConstituency → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Lockerbie → hasScottishParliamentConstituency → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

River Annan valley → locatedIn → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Dumfries and Galloway council area → containsRegion → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

subject surface form: Dumfries and Galloway

this entity surface form: Nithsdale

Lord of Annandale → locatedIn → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times → mainLocation → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

subject surface form: Killing Times

River Nith → formsBoundaryBetween → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire (historically)

Kirkpatrick of Closeburn (historical) → region → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

subject surface form: Kirkpatrick of Closeburn

Kirkpatrick of Closeburn (historical) → clanTerritory → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

subject surface form: Kirkpatrick of Closeburn

Kirkpatrick of Closeburn (historical) → clanTerritory → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

subject surface form: Kirkpatrick of Closeburn

this entity surface form: Nithsdale

Closeburn → hasHistoricRegion → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Closeburn → hasHistoricCounty → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Kirkpatrick family → historicalInfluenceArea → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nithsdale

Annandale, Scotland → adjacentTo → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nithsdale

Ecclefechan → parliamentaryConstituency → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Montagu Douglas Scott → associatedRegion → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

subject surface form: Montagu Douglas Scott family

Dumfries → traditionalCounty → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Dumfries → hasScottishParliamentConstituency → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Buccleuch family → associatedCounty → Dumfriesshire ⓘ

Eskdale → historicRegion → Dumfriesshire ⓘ