Old Photographs Of Wigtown Dumfries and Galloway Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Wigtown, Scottish Gaelic: Baile na h-Ùige, a town and former royal burgh in Wigtownshire, of which it is the county town, within the Dumfries and Galloway region. Wigtown was made a royal burgh in 1469 although a settlement here existed long before this. The burgh is mentioned in an indenture of 1292, and the fact that the sheriffdom was in existence at the time of the Largs campaign of 1263 suggests that the burgh may also have been recognized as such during the reign of King Alexander III. The earliest reference to the market cross and tron of Wigtown occurs in the 1457 charter. It appears that the market cross stood in front of the old court house and was removed for a short time in the 18th century. While the square was under construction, the market cross was stored in the jail, A second market cross was erected in the main street in 1816, and at some point the original was brought out of its confinement and placed to the west of it. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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