Place:Kippford, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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Name	Kippford
Alt names	Scaur	source: Gazetteer for Scotland
Type	Village
Coordinates	54.882°N 3.814°W
Located in	Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland ( - 1975)
See also	Colvend and Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland	parish in which Kippford was located until 1975
	Dumfries and Galloway Region, Scotland	regional administration 1975-1996
	Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland	unitary Council Area since 1996

source: Family History Library Catalog

From the Gazetteer for Scotland:

"Also known as Scaur, the village of Kippford lies at the mouth of the Urr Water on the Solway coast of Dumfries and Galloway, 5 miles (8 km) south of Dalbeattie. Now a resort village and yachting centre, it was once a centre of shipbuilding and granite quarrying. Kippford has a Village Hall (1995), a Life-Boat Station (1966) but no church, school or post office (the latter closing in 2002)."

Kippford was located in the parish of Colvend and Southwick in the former County of Kirkcudbrightshire in southwest Scotland. This area is now part of the unitary authority called the Dumfries & Galloway Council Area.

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