- Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 3180 (S. 190)
The Dumfries and Galloway (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998
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| Made | 11th December 1998 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st January 1999 |
Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973[1], as read with Schedule 5 to that Act[2], the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 25 September 1998 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review together with its proposals for the future electoral arrangements for the area of Dumfries and Galloway Council;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Dumfries and Galloway (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.
Interpretation
2. In the Schedule to this Order-
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(a) a reference to-
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(i) an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and
(ii) a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and
(b) the following abbreviations are used:-
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"EW" for electoral ward;
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"NG Ref" for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.
Electoral arrangements
3.
The area of Dumfries and Galloway Council shall be divided into 47 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.
Henry B McLeish
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
11th December 1998
Ward 1 Rhins South
Commencing at NG Ref NW 9815 5721 on the western boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then northeastward in a straight line to the junction of the A764 road and an unclassified road leading to Knock and Maize; then northeastward in a straight line to NG Ref NX 0186 5923 on the southern shore of Knockquhassen Reservoir; then generally westward, northward and northeastward along the southern, western and northern shores of the said reservoir to the Crailloch Burn; then generally northeastward and southeastward along the said burn to its confluence with the Piltanton Burn; then southward along the said burn to where it is crossed by an unnamed road at Upper Piltanton Bridge; then generally northeastward along the said road to a minor road leading southeastward to Ochtrelure and Dunbae; then southeastward and northeastward along the said road to and eastward along a track to Spout Wells and an unnamed road leading from Dunbae to the A77 road; then northeastward along the said unnamed road to its junction with the A77 road; then generally southeastward along the said road to its junction with the A716 road; then southeastward along the said road to its junction with the B7077 road; then generally eastward along the said road to its junction with the B7084 road; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with a track leading to a rifle range at NG Ref NX 1191 5402; then southeastward along the said track and continuing southeastward in a straight line to the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council in Luce Bay; then generally southward, westward and northward along the southern and western boundaries of Dumfries and Galloway Council to the point of commencement.
Ward 2 Rhins North
Commencing at NG Ref NX 0540 6167 on the northern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then southwestward in a straight line to Sheuchan Street; then generally northwestward along the said street to its junction with Leswalt High Road; then southeastward along the said road to and southwestward along Glebe Street to and westward along Park Lea Gardens to and southwestward along Moorefield and its continuation as a track to its junction with an access road to Springbank; then southeastward along the said road to a path at NG Ref NX 0480 6012; then southeastward along the said path to a track at NG Ref NX 0495 5991; then northeastward along the said track to its junction with an unnamed road at NG Ref NX 0513 6001; then generally southwestward along the said road to where it meets the northern boundary of EW 1; then generally southwestward, northwestward and southwestward along the said boundary to the western boundary of Dumfries and Galloway at Killantringan Bay; then northward, eastward and southward along the western and northern boundaries of Dumfries and Galloway Council to the point of commencement.
Ward 3 Stranraer North
Commencing at NG Ref NX 0607 6149 on the northern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council on the East Pier in Stranraer; then southeastward along the said pier to Cairnryan Road; then generally westward along Cairnryan Road, Port Rodie and Charlotte Street to its junction with St John Street; then southward along the said street to and eastward along Hanover Street to and southward along Dalrymple Street to and westward along Academy Street to its junction with Lewis Street; then southeastward along the said street to and westward, southward and northwestward along Fairhurst Road to its junction with Mount Vernon Road; then westward along Mount Vernon Road to and southward along Coronation Drive to a point in line with the rear curtilages of Nos 1/ 2 Glenorchard; then northwestward to and along the said rear curtilages and the rear curtilages of Nos 3-20 to the rear curtilage of No 26 Jubilee Crescent; then northwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 26-46 Jubilee Crescent to the northeastern boundary of the Glebe Cemetery; then northwestward along the said boundary and the continuation thereof in a straight line to Moorefield and the western boundary of EW 2; then generally northeastward, northwestward and eastward along the said boundary to the northern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then generally westward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 4 Stranraer South
Commencing at NG Ref NX 0613 6035 on the southern boundary of EW 3 at the junction of Fairhurst Road and Lewis Street; then southeastward along the said street to the A77 road; then southward along the said road to where it meets the northern boundary of EW 1; then generally southwestward and northwestward along the said boundary to the western boundary of EW 2; then generally northwestward and northeastward along the said boundary to the southern boundary of EW 3; then generally eastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 5 Stranraer East
Commencing at NG Ref NX 0820 6371 on the northern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then eastward in a straight line to where the A77 (T) road crosses the Kirclachie Burn; then northeastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by an unnamed road leading to Balker; then generally southeastward and southward along the said road to the A75 (T) road; then northwestward along the said road to its junction with the A751 road; then southwestward in a straight line to where the Stranraer/Girvan railway line crosses an unnamed road at NG Ref NX 0876 5992; then generally southeastward along the said railway line to where it crosses the Bollancollantie Burn at NG Ref NX 1394 5772; then generally southward along the said burn to and generally southwestward along the Piltanton Burn to NG Ref NX 1210 5678; then southward in a straight line to NG Ref NX 1215 5645 and the western boundary of an unnamed wooded area; then southeastward along the said boundary and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the northern boundary of EW 1; then westward and northwestward along the said boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 4; then generally northward along the said boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 3; then generally northward along the said boundary to the northern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then generally eastward and northward along the said Council boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 6 Luce
Commencing at NG Ref NX 1306 5225 where the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council meets the eastern boundary of EW 1 in Luce Bay; then generally northwestward, northeastward and westward along the said boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 5; then generally northeastward, northwestward, northeastward, northwestward, southwestward and westward along the said boundary to the northern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then generally northward and eastward along the said Council boundary to where it meets the Tarff Water at NG Ref NX 2183 7428; then generally southward along the Tarff Water to its confluence with the Drumdow Burn at NG Ref NX 2981 5869; then southward along the said burn to its confluence with an unnamed tributary at NG Ref NX 2976 5761; then southeastward along the said tributary to where it is crossed by an unclassified road linking the B733 road and the B7005 road at NG Ref NX 3048 5674; then southeastward in a straight line to NG Ref NX 3490 5496; then southeastward in a straight line to the confluence of the Water of Malzie and an unnamed tributary at NG Ref NX 3653 5365; then generally southwestward along the said tributary to where it is crossed by the B7005 road at NG Ref NX 3615 5267; then southwestward to the source of the Killantrae Burn at NG Ref NX 3572 5108; then southward along the Killantrae Burn to where it meets a tributary at NG Ref NX 3647 4598; then southeastward along the said tributary to where it is crossed by the B7085 road at NG Ref NX 3687 4583; then southeastward in a straight line to the junction of a minor road to Drummodie and the B7021 road at NG Ref NX 3833 4393; then southeastward along the said B7021 road to and southwestward along an access road to Dowies to where it crosses the Monreith Burn; then generally southward along the Monreith Burn and its continuation as the Black Burn and its continuation to the A747 road at NG Ref NX 3912 3926; then southeastward along the A747 to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NX 3957 3911; then southwestward along the said field boundary and its continuation to the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then generally northwestward and southwestward along the said Council boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 7 Whithorn
Commencing at NG Ref NX 3827 3778 where the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council meets the eastern boundary of EW 6; then generally northeastward and northwestward along the said boundary to where the Drumdow Burn is crossed by a minor road leading from the A75 (T) road to the B7052 road NG Ref NX 2978 5865; then generally eastward along the said minor road to its junction with the B7052 road; then northward along the said road to its junction with the B733 road; then southeastward along the said road to its junction with an unclassified road leading to the A714 road at NG Ref NX 4299 5516; then southeastward along the said unclassified road to and across the A714 road and continuing southeastward along the said unclassified road to a path leading to the River Bladnoch at NG Ref NX 4350 5490; then southeastward along the said path to the River Bladnoch; then northeastward along the said river to the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then generally southward, westward and northwestward along the said Council boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 8 Wigtown
Commencing at the point where the River Bladnoch meets the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council on the northern boundary of EW 7; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 6; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to the northern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council at NG Ref NX 2183 7428; then generally eastward along the said Council boundary to where it meets the River Cree at NG Ref NX 3185 7616; then generally northeastward and southeastward along the River Cree to a point in line with a minor road leading southward from the A714 road past North Barnkirk and South Barnkirk NG Ref NX 3937 6696; then southward to and southeastward along the said road to its junction with St Couan's Road; then northeastward along the said road and its continuation eastward as Princes Street, Dashwood Square, Goods Lane and its continuation to the River Cree at NG Ref NX 4126 6514; then generally southeastward along the River Cree to and continuing southward along the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council to the point of commencement.
Ward 9 Cree
Commencing at NG Ref NX 4126 6514 on the River Cree at a point opposite Goods Lane on the eastern boundary of EW 8; then generally northwestward and southwestward along the said boundary to the northern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then generally northward, northeastward, eastward, southward and northeastward along the said Council boundary to and continuing southward along the eastern boundary of the former Wigtown District to NG Ref NX 5119 6824; then southwestward in a straight line to the Graddoch Burn at NG Ref NX 5045 6548; then southwestward along the said burn to its confluence with the Cairnsmore Burn; then southwestward and northwestward along the said burn to its confluence with the Palnure Burn; then generally southwestward along the said burn to the River Cree; then generally northwestward along the River Cree to the point of commencement.
Ward 10 Stewartry West
Commencing at the confluence of the River Cree and the Palnure Burn on the eastern boundary of EW 9 at NG Ref NX 4513 6223; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to the confluence of the Palnure Burn and the River Dee at NG Ref NX 5493 7490; then generally southeastward along the River Dee to NG Ref NX 6204 7098 and its confluence with the Airie Burn; then generally southwestward along the said burn to its junction with Grobdale Lane at NG Ref NX 6106 6870; then generally southward along the said lane to its confluence with Derrygoun Burn at NG Ref NX 6209 6371; then southward along the said burn to NG Ref NX 6256 6263 and the western boundary of Laurieston Forest; then generally southeastward along the said boundary and the western boundary of Glengap Forest to NG Ref NX 6338 5788; then southward in a straight line to a point on a track leading from Drumwall to Carse at NG Ref NX 6368 5656; then eastward along the said track to a point in line with an unnamed tributary of the Pulwhirrin Burn at NG Ref NX 6418 5665; then southward to and along the said tributary to NG Ref NX 6421 5340; then southeastward in a straight line to the Ellisford Burn; then southeastward and southward along the said burn and its continuation southeastward as the Corraford Burn and its continuation in a straight line to the River Dee at NG Ref NX 6655 4881; then southward along the said river to the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then generally southward and northwestward along the said Council boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 8; then northward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 11 Kirkcudbright - Tarff
Commencing at NG Ref NX 6704 4596 on the eastern boundary of EW 10 on the River Dee; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to NG Ref NX 6280 6233 on the western boundary of Laurieston Forest; then northeastward in a straight line to an unnamed tributary of the Anstool Burn at NG Ref NX 6338 6258; then northeastward and southeastward along the said tributary to its confluence with an unnamed tributary at NG Ref NX 6452 6272 on the southern boundary of Laurieston Forest; then generally eastward along the said boundary to NG Ref NX 6644 6261; then southeastward in a straight line to the western shore of Bargatton Loch at NG Ref NX 6893 6186; then generally southeastward along the western and southern shores of the said loch to NG Ref NX 6948 6161; then southeastward in a straight line to the junction of an unclassified road leading from Barnboard and an unclassified road leading from Longwood at NG Ref NX 7109 6153; then southeastward along an unclassified road to an unclassified road at NG Ref NX 7177 6113 which connects the B795 road and the A75(T) road; then southward along the said unclassified road to its junction with an access road to Dunjop NG Ref NX 7177 6058; then southeastward in a straight line to the junction of the A75(T) road and an access road to Mollance at NG Ref NX 7210 5935; then southeastward in a straight line to the River Dee at NG Ref NX 7227 5919; then generally southwestward along the said river to a point in line with an unnamed tributary at NG Ref NX 7030 5476; then eastward to and along the said unnamed tributary to NG Ref NX 7136 5479; then southeastward in a straight line to where the B727 road crosses a tributary of the Balgreddon Burn north of Little Sypland at NG Ref NX 7294 5384; then generally southwestward along the Balgreddon Burn and its continuation as the Buckland Burn to where it is crossed by an unclassified road at Buckland Bridge at NG Ref NX 7018 4994; then generally southwestward and northwestward along the said road to its junction with the B727 road at NG Ref NX 6903 5088; then generally northwestward and southwestward along the B727 road and its continuation as St Cuthbert's Road and St Cuthbert's Street to and northwestward along Castle Bank to NG Ref NX 6820 5109; then due north to the River Dee; then westward and southwestward along the River Dee to the point of commencement.
Ward 12 Kirkcudbright - Bengairn
Commencing at NG Ref NX 6820 5118 where the southern boundary of EW 11 meets the River Dee in Kirkcudbright; then generally southeastward, northeastward, northwestward and northeastward along the southern and eastern boundaries of EW 11 to NG Ref NX 7177 6113 on the minor road linking the A75 (T) road and the B795 road; then generally northeastward along the said minor road to its junction with the B795 road at Glenlochar; then eastward along the B795 road to where it crosses the River Dee and generally southward along the River Dee to a point in line with the Mill Burn at NG Ref NX 7406 6174; then southeastward to and generally southward along the Mill Burn, Black Burn and Slack Burn to the B727 road at NG Ref NX 7564 5733; then generally northeastward along the said road to its junction with the B736 road; then southeastward along the said road to where it crosses the Potterland Lane at NG Ref NX 8023 5650; then generally southeastward along the Potterland Lane to the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then generally southwestward and northward along the said Council boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 10; then northward along the eastern boundaries of EW 10 and EW 11 to the point of commencement.
Ward 13 Stewartry North
Commencing on the northern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway and the eastern boundary of the former Stewartry District at NG Ref NS 6600 0330; then generally southward along the said boundary following the western shore of Loch Urr to NG Ref NX 8482 7405; then southward in a straight line to the A75 (T) road; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with an access road leading to East and West Barfil; then southeastward along the said access road to where it crosses an unnamed burn flowing to Milton Loch; then generally southward along the said burn to NG Ref NX 8418 7209 on the northern shore of Milton Loch; then southwestward along the northern and western shores of the said loch to an unnamed burn leading westward to a dam south of Auchengibbert NG Ref NX 8362 7121; then westward along the said burn to where it is crossed by a minor road from West Glenarm to Crocketford; then generally southward along the said road to a track at NG Ref NX 8279 7048; then generally southwestward along the said track to a point NG Ref NX 8195 7018; then southeastward in a straight line to a point NG Ref NX 8227 6901 on a field to the south of West Glenarm; then southwestward in a straight line to an unnamed burn at NG Ref NX 8140 6857 south of Barr of Spottes; then northwestward along the said unnamed burn to where it is crossed by a track at NG Ref NX 8132 6865; then generally southwestward along the said track and continuing southwestward across an access road to the properties known as Hermitage to a track at NG Ref NX 8001 6812; then southwestward along the said track to where it meets the A75 (T) road; then generally southward along the said road to where it crosses the Urr Water; then northwestward along the said water to its confluence with the Plan Burn at NG Ref NX 7608 7097; then generally northwestward and southwestward along the said burn to NG Ref NX 7415 7037; then southwestward in a straight line to NG Ref NX 7236 6993 and the source of an unnamed burn northeast of Peathill; then southwestward along the said burn to its confluence with Loch Ken near Waterside at NG Ref NX 7220 6789; then generally northwestward along the eastern shore of Loch Ken to a point in line with the mouth of the River Dee at NG Ref NX 6863 7017; then southwestward to and generally northwestward along the said river to and continuing northwestward along the eastern boundaries of EW 10 and EW 9 to the northern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then generally northeastward along the said Council boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 14 Castle Douglas - Dee
Commencing at the point where the A75 (T) road crosses the Urr Water at NG Ref NX 7920 6637; then generally southwestward along the said road to where it crosses Dunmuir Road, Castle Douglas; then southeastward along Dunmuir Road to and southwestward along Ernespie Road to King Street; then generally southwestward along King Street to and continuing southwestward and westward along the B736 road to its junction with the A75 (T) road; then southwestward along the said A75 (T) road to the northern boundary of EW 12; then generally northwestward and southwestward along the said boundary to the northern boundary of EW 11; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 10; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to the southern boundary of EW 13; then generally southeastward, northeastward and southeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 15 Castle Douglas - Urr
Commencing at NG Ref NX 7654 6353 at the point where the A75 (T) road crosses Dunmuir Road, Castle Douglas on the eastern boundary of EW 14; then northeastward along the said boundary to the southern boundary of EW 13; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to a point where the southern boundary of a field immediately to the south of West Glenarm meets an unclassified road leading southward from Crocketford to the A711 road at Edingham Loch NG Ref NX 8242 6889; then generally southward along the said road to a point NG Ref NX 8371 6371; then southwestward in a straight line to the summit of Dalmoney Hill at NG Ref NX 8265 6337; then southwestward in a straight line to a point NG Ref NX 8220 6238 at the southern end of the former Urr viaduct; then generally southward along the Urr Water to the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then generally southwestward along the said Council boundary to the western boundary of EW 12; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to the southern boundary of EW 14; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 16 Dalbeattie - Craignair
Commencing at NG Ref NX 8225 6066 where the A711 road crosses the Urr Water on the eastern boundary of EW 15; then generally northwestward and northeastward along the said boundary to NG Ref NX 8370 6373 on an unclassified road leading north of Edingham Loch; then southeastward along the said unclassified road to its junction with the A711 road; then generally southwestward along the A711 road and its continuation as John Street to and southward along High Street to its junction with Alpine Street; then generally eastward along Alpine Street to and southward along Copland Street to its junction with Blair Street; then westward along Blair Street to and southward along High Street to and continuing southward along the A710 road to a point where it crosses an unnamed burn immediately to the north of Little Richorn at NG Ref NX 8365 5975; then generally westward along the said burn to the eastern boundary of EW 15; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 17 Dalbeattie - Milton
Commencing where the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway meets the eastern boundary of EW 15 at the mouth of the Urr Water; then generally northward along the said boundary to and northwestward and northeastward along the eastern boundary of EW 16 to the eastern boundary of EW 15; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to the southern boundary of EW 13; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to a point on the eastern boundary of the former Stewartry District at NG Ref NX 8482 7405; then generally eastward and southward along the said boundary to and generally southwestward along the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council to the point of commencement.
Ward 18 Criffel
Commencing where the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway meets the eastern boundary of EW 17; then generally northward along the said boundary to where it meets a minor road leading northeastward from the A75 (T) road to Beltonhill at NG Ref NX 9072 7519; then northeastward along the said minor road to its junction with a minor road leading from Shawhead at NG Ref NX 9095 7685; then northwestward in a straight line to NG Ref NX 8900 7986 on the Cluden Water; then generally eastward along the Cluden Water to where it is crossed by a minor road leading southward from Burnside and Williamsfield at Irongray Bridge at NG Ref NX 9165 7960; then generally northeastward along the said minor road to its junction with a minor road leading from Dunscore to the B729 road at NG Ref NX 9184 8043; then southeastward along the said minor road to and southeastward along the B729 road to its junction with Glasgow Road; then southward along the said road to where it crosses the Cluden Water at New Bridge; then eastward along the said river to where it is crossed by the A76(T) road; then southeastward along the said road to its junction with Glasgow Road; then westward along the said road and its continuation in a straight line to a field boundary at NG Ref NX 9508 7881; then southeastward along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NX 9510 7879; then southwestward along the said field boundary to Irongray Road; then northwestward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NX 9487 7864 west of Irongray Technology Park; then southwestward to and along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NX 9476 7837; then southeastward along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NX 9485 7831; then southwestward along the said field boundary to Lochside Road; then southeastward along the said road to NG Ref NX 9508 7795 and a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NX 9506 7792; then southwestward to and along the said field boundary to the northern boundary of Hardthorn Smallholdings; then southeastward along the said boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NX 9507 7783; then southwestward along the said field boundary to NG Ref NX 9494 7759; then southwestward to and along an access road to No 7 Hardthorn Holdings to Hardthorn Road; then generally southeastward along the said road to its junction with the A75(T) road at NG Ref NX 9570 7687; then generally southwestward along the A75(T) road to where it crosses the Cargen Water; then generally southeastward along the said water and its continuation as the Cargen Pow to the River Nith; then southward along the said river to the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then generally southward and westward along the said Council boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 19 Cairn Valley
Commencing at NG Ref NX 9072 7519 where a minor road leading northeastward from the A75 (T) road to Beltonhill meets the eastern boundary of the former Stewartry District on the northern boundary of EW 17; then generally southwestward along the said boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 13; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to NG Ref NX 6890 9913; then southeastward in a straight line to the summit of Holmhead Hill at NG Ref NX 7530 9369; then southeastward in a straight line to the summit of Peelton Hill at NG Ref NX 8044 9151; then southeastward in a straight line to the triangulation pillar on Wauk Hill at NG Ref NX 8412 9094; then southeastward in a straight line to the southwestern boundary of Beuchanhill Plantation at NG Ref NX 8518 9074; then southeastward along the southern boundary of Beuchanhill Plantation and its continuation in a straight line to an unnamed burn at NG Ref NX 8654 9008; then generally northeastward along the said burn to the River Nith; then generally southeastward along the said river to its confluence with an unnamed burn at NG Ref NX 9010 8825; then northeastward in a straight line to the summit of Auchencairn Height at NG Ref NX 9343 9057; then southward in a straight line to the Pennyland Burn at NG Ref NX 9321 8912; then generally southward along the Pennyland Burn to where it is crossed by a track leading to Pennyland Farm at NG Ref NX 9393 8676; then southwestward along the said track to its junction with an access road leading to High Townhead at NG Ref NX 9336 8568; then southwestward in a straight line to the confluence of the River Nith and Mains Burn at NG Ref NX 9290 8443 south of Friars Carse; then generally southeastward and westward along the River Nith to its confluence with the Cluden Water at NG Ref NX 9687 7788; then northwestward along the said water to where it is crossed by the A76(T) road and the northern boundary of EW 18; then generally northwestward, southwestward, northwestward and southeastward along the northern and western boundaries of EW 18 to the point of commencement.
Ward 20 Sanquhar and District
Commencing where the Crawick Water meets the northern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council at NG Ref NS 8324 1887; then generally southeastward along the said Council boundary to where it meets the Glenleith Burn north of Glenleith Fell at NG Ref NS 9290 0316; then generally southward along the said burn to its junction with a track leading south from Durisdeer NG Ref NS 9193 0104; then generally northwestward along the said track to where it crosses the Kettleton Burn at NG Ref NS 9111 0197; then southwestward along the said burn to and northwestward along The Sware to and generally northwestward and southwestward along the Shiel Burn to its confluence with the Carron Water; then generally northward along the Carron Water to an unnamed road leading northwestward from the A702 road to Durisdeer; then southwestward along the said unnamed road to and continuing southwestward along the A702 road to where it is crossed by the Glasgow/Carlisle railway line at NG Ref NS 8806 0113; then generally southward along the said railway line to a point in line with an unnamed road leading to the A76(T) road at NG Ref NX 8817 9751; then generally southwestward to and along the said road to its junction with the A76(T) road; then southward along the A76(T) road to and southwestward along the B732 road to a point in line with the northern curtilage of Nithbank House; then westward to and westward and southward along the northern and western curtilages of the said house to the River Nith at NG Ref NX 8706 9622; then generally northward along the River Nith to its confluence with the Marr Burn; then generally northwestward along the said burn to where it is crossed by a minor road leading from Holmbank to Bellstane Cottage NG Ref NX 8353 9900; then northwestward in a straight line to the junction of a minor road leading to Auchengassel and a minor road leading to Cleuchhead NG Ref NX 8195 9987; then southwestward along the minor road leading to Cleuchhead to where it crosses the Druidhill Burn; then generally northward along the said burn and its continuation as the Glenwhern Burn to its confluence with the Linn Burn at NG Ref NS 8100 0285; then northwestward in a straight line to the summit of Welltrees Tappin at NG Ref NS 7541 0499; then northwestward in a straight line to the summit of Cloud Hill at NG Ref NS 7405 0505; then southwestward in a straight line to the summit of Corse Hill at NG Ref NS 6855 0352; then southwestward in a straight line to the northern boundary of EW 13 at NG Ref NS 6745 0331; then generally westward along the said boundary to the northern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then generally northward along the said Council boundary to where it meets the Kello Water at NG Ref NS 6785 0834; then generally northeastward along the Kello Water to and southeastward along the River Nith to its confluence with the Crawick Water at NG Ref NS 7711 1025; then generally northeastward along the Crawick Water to the point of commencement.
Notes:
[1] 1973 c.65.back
[2] Schedule 5 was substituted by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), Schedule 13, paragraph 92(67).back
