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Wigtown place name
« on: Thursday 21 August 08 14:04 BST (UK) »
Could someone please tell me if Old Luce & Glen Luce are the same place.
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Re: Wigtown place name
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 21 August 08 14:09 BST (UK) »
Hi

Glenluce is a place in the Parish of Old Luce*.

here's a link to the old Parishes:

http://scotlandsfamily.com/parish-map-wigtown.htm

and the location of Glenluce:

Click for Map

Gadget

Also note that the Wigtownshire Free Pages refer to it as Glenluce or Old Luce Parish:

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~leighann/parishes/glenluce/glenluce2.html
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Re: Wigtown place name
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 21 August 08 14:30 BST (UK) »
 :)
Thank you Gadget for a very informative answer. Article very interesting.
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