Old Photographs Creetown Scotland

Old photographs of Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village dates from 1785, and became a burgh of barony in 1792. Sir Walter Scott laid part of the scene of Guy Mannering in this neighborhood. Dr Thomas Brown, the metaphysician, born 1778, died 1820), was a native of the parish in which Creetown lies. The town was originally named Ferrytown of Cree as it formed one end of a ferry route that took pilgrims across the River Cree estuary to the shrine of St Ninian at Whithorn.