Cyndi's List - United Kingdom & Ireland - Scotland - Counties - Dumfriesshire

British History Online - Historical Geography

Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust. Historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560 scale for each county in Scotland.
- Dumfriesshire
Gazetteer of British Place Names

Contains the ancient or geographical County of over 50,000 place names in Britain along with modern administrative areas information.
GENUKI: Administrative Areas of Scotland

Shows ancient counties and their modern successors.
Knowledge Base Gazetteer of Scottish Places

Online searchable database providing the ancient county for the place plus additional information.
Old-Maps - The Online Repository of Historic Maps
- Gazetteer County List - Choose a County
  
  Organized by the counties of England, Scotland, and Wales, this site contains scanned images of historic Ordnance Survey maps dating from 1846 to 1899. Over 40,000 places are indexed alphabetically first by county and then by locality name.
Ordnance Survey Town Plans, 1847-1895

Over 1,900 sheets covering 62 towns in Scotland with the most detailed maps ever surveyed by Ordnance Survey.
Origins.net - Scots Origins - Search by Place across Scotland

A FREE search by place allowing users to find which parish and county in which a place is located.

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