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Dalbeattie
Sign in to saveDalbeattie (, , meaning 'haugh of the birch', or 'drowned haugh' (i.e. liable to flood) is a town in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dalbeattie is in a wooded valley on the Urr Water east of Castle Douglas and south west of Dumfries.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.official_name
- Dalbeattie
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Dail Bheithe
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dumfries and Galloway
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Galloway and West Dumfries
- UK place.static_image_name
- Town Hall, Dalbeattie.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Dalbeattie Town Hall
- UK place.scots_name
- Dawbeattie
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NX832613
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Kirkcudbrightshire
- UK place.post_town
- DALBEATTIE
- UK place.postcode_district
- DG5
- UK place.postcode_area
- DG
- UK place.dial_code
- 01556
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4200
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.Dalbeattiecc.org.uk
- Image
- Town Hall, Dalbeattie.jpg
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- postal code
- DG5
- Commons category
- Dalbeattie
- OS grid reference
- NX832613
- historic county
- Kirkcudbrightshire
- P8168
- Lilly
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
via Wikidata · CC0
~8 min read
Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Governance
- Geography
- Economy and landmarks
- Transport
- Museums and galleries
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Dalbeattie (, , meaning 'haugh of the birch', or 'drowned haugh' (i.e. liable to flood) is a town in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dalbeattie is in a wooded valley on the Urr Water east of Castle Douglas and south west of Dumfries.
The town is famed for its granite industry and for being the home town of William McMaster Murdoch, the First Officer of the RMS Titanic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dalbeattie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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