Stewartry

54°58′48″N 3°48′36″W / 54.980°N 3.810°W / 54.980; -3.810

Stewartry
District (1975–1996)
Lieutenancy area (1975–)

History
 • Created16 May 1975
 • Abolished31 March 1996
 • Succeeded byDumfries and Galloway
 • HQKirkcudbright
Contained within
 • RegionDumfries and Galloway

Stewartry was a local government district from 1975 until 1996 within the Dumfries and Galloway region in south-west Scotland. Under the name the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright the area of the former district is still used as a lieutenancy area. Dumfries and Galloway Council has a Stewartry area committee which approximately covers the same area, subject to some adjustments where ward boundaries no longer follow the pre-1996 district boundary. The Stewartry covers the majority of the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, and derives its name from the county's alternative name of "The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright".[1]

  1. ^ larminiev (19 November 2020). "Q. When is a Shire not a Shire? A. When it's a Stewartry! Kirkcudbright in the 1650s". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 January 2024.