Old photograph of people, cottage, houses and town clock in Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Once known as Ferrytown of Cree, it is located near the head of Wigtown Bay. The village dates from 1785, and it became a burgh of barony in 1792. Sir Walter Scott laid part of the scene of Guy Mannering in this neighborhood. Dr Thomas Brown, the metaphysician, born 1778, died 1820, was a native of the parish in which Creetown lies. Tour Dumfries.
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