The Flemings (who would become the Earls of Wigtown) later took the decision to build their castle in Cumbernauld.
The town takes its name from its location near the mouth of the river called the Water of Fleet which empties into Wigtown Bay at Fleet Bay, and its former role as the ’’Gait House’’ or "the House on the Road on the River Fleet" or toll booth of the late 18th century stagecoach route from Dumfries to Stranraer, now the A75 road.
Wigtown | Wigtown Area |
This reading tour visited places as far and wide as Wigtown, Ullapool, Inverness, Edinburgh, Stirling, Lanark and Glasgow and was supported by the Scottish Arts Council.
--John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown-->Lord Fleming, the Earl of Marischal, and Lord Almond.
Prototypes of the harbours were constructed at Conwy in North Wales and then transported and positioned in Wigtown Bay, where they were tested and modified through 1943 and 1944.
The area of Wigtown, the name of the relevant lieutenancy area of the Lord Lieutenant, encompasses not only the town of Wigtown, but of Wigtownshire.
Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet, of Kirkstall (1753–1825), Tory MP for Cockermouth, Wigtown Burghs and Carlisle