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Portpatrick, General
Burgh (Medieval), Village (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Portpatrick, General
Classification Burgh (Medieval), Village (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Port-montgomerie
Canmore ID 60340
Site Number NW95SE 5
NGR NW 99918 54265
NGR Description Centred NW 99918 54265
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60340
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Portpatrick
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NW95SE 5 99918 54265
By a charter granted to Sir Hugh Montgomerie, dated 8 February, 1620, certain lands adjoining Portpatrick were erected as a burgh in barony, to be called Montgomerie, with its harbour re-named Port-Montgomerie. The old name, however, was preferred to the new, which did not take root.
G S Pryde 1952; Reg Magni Sig Reg Scot 1984.
Portpatrick, once also known as Port Montgomery, was erected a burgh of barony in 1620.
OSA 1791; NSA 1845; G Chalmers 1887-1902; G S Pryde 1952; G S Pryde 1965; H Dixon 1977; A Graham 1979;
RCAHMS 1985
Burgh of barony founded on the shore of a bay in 1620 but quite insignificant until after 1774, when a pier was built.
J Gifford 1996.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish National Portrait Gallery:
SMT magazine October 1951 p. 40.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
