Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLD TOWER OF SORBIE | old Tower or old place of Sorbie |
Statistical Acct [Account] of Wigtownshire by the Ministers of the Respective Parishes, 1841. | 030 | [Continued] "The old place or tower of Sorbie is a beautiful ruin surrounded by wood and Situated about three quarters of a mile from the Parish church. It appears to have been a place of strength. There are the remains of a fosse on the eastern side where the land is rising but from the nature of the ground on every other side we think its chief defence must have been formed by a sheet of water. The Hannays possessed the estate of Castle of Sorbie together with their lands in Wigtownshire in the reign of James IV and continued here during the Seventeenth century." |
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Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 77 - Parishes of Kirkinner, Sorbie, Glasserton, Whithorn, OS1/35/77
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parishes of Kirkinner, Sorbie, Glasserton, Whithorn.
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Wigtown, which is in the south west of Scotland.