Elrig
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 Elrig Village | |
  Elrig Location within Dumfries and Galloway | |
| OS grid reference | NX321477 |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWTON STEWART |
| Postcode district | DG8 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Elrig (Scottish Gaelic: An Eileirg, meaning "the deer run") is a clachan or hamlet in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Located in the Machars peninsula, it is about 3 miles (5 km) north of Port William.
Elrig is the birthplace of author and naturalist Gavin Maxwell, who was born at the House of Elrig.[1] The house was built in 1912 for his parents Aymer and Lady Mary Maxwell by the architects John Stewart & George Paterson. His boyhood is recounted in The House of Elrig, published in 1965. The house and grounds of his family estate are private with no public access. [1]
Between 1941 and 1946 Oscar Kokoschka and his wife Olda spent several weeks each summer with the new owner of House of Elrig, fellow refugee, Czech Professor Emil Korner. [2]
- ^ Maxwell, Gavin, 1914-1969. (2015). The house of Elrig. ISBN 9781906562762. OCLC 941069674.
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