Wigtown

Wigtown

Wigtown (Wigton, beides spr. ŭiggtön), Hauptort (royal burgh) der nach ihr benannten Grafschaft in Schottland, an der Mündung des Bladenoch in die Wigtownbai, mit Hafen, Fischerei, Küsten handel und (1901) 1386 Einwohnern.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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