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Lochinvar (or Lan Var) is a loch in the civil parish of Dalry in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland. It is located in the Galloway Hills, around 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of St. John's Town of Dalry. The loch formerly had an island on which stood Lochinvar Castle, seat of the Gordon family.
In March 2016 there were 47,288 listed buildings in Scotland. Of these, 8% were Category A, and 50% were Category B, with the remaining 42% being Category C. [ 2 ] Notes
Dalry (from Scottish Gaelic: Dail Ruighe, 'the haugh at the slope' [2]) is a small settlement on the Rye Burn. [3] Its history has signs of early inhabitants in the area; the remains of an ancient fort, made of three concentric round walls, can be found on the summit of Carwinning Hill to the North of Dalry, west of the B784 to Largs.
Upload another image Baidland Manor 55°42′56″N 4°45′29″W / 55.715419°N 4.75807°W / 55.715419; -4.75807 (Baidland Manor) Category C(S) 1195 Upload Photo Brownhill House 55°43′37″N 4°41′15″W / 55.726908°N 4.687476°W / 55.726908; -4.687476 (Brownhill House) Category B 1204 Upload Photo 9 Aitken Street, Chapelhill, Dalry 55°42′24″N 4°43 ...
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Sir Alex Fergusson (1949-2018), Scottish Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament and Presiding Officer (2007-2011), lived and farmed near Dalry. Hugh Foss 1902–1971, cryptographer and Scottish country dance deviser, worked on the Enigma machines at Bletchley Park during World War II. Lived at Glendarroch in the town from his retirement ...
From 1845 to 1930, parishes formed part of the local government system of Scotland: having parochial boards from 1845 to 1894, and parish councils from 1894 until 1930.. The parishes, which had their origins in the ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland, often overlapped county boundaries, largely because they reflected earlier territorial divisions.
Meikle Auchengree is 500 metres (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs) east of Glengarnock in Dalry parish. The hamlet is situated at the north end of the Auchengree Road which runs between the B777 and the A737 roads. The settlement is today a mixture of farms, small-holdings and residential properties.