Dumfriesshirenoun
/dʌmˈfriːs.ʃər//dʌmˈfriːs.ʃɚ/an area of southwestern Scotland that was a county (= an area with its own local government) until 1975:
In Dumfriesshire, the most striking change during the Great War happened around Gretna.
Dormont is a rural estate near Lockerbie in the heart of Dumfriesshire.
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- The Dumfriesshire housing support project supports anyone without dependents who is homeless.
- In 1541 his army made an inroad into Dumfriesshire.
- Although born in Dumfriesshire in 1864, he was of Ayrshire farming stock and his family returned to the county when he was " just a wee laddie".
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