Minnigaff
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|country = Scotland
|official_name= Minnigaff
|gaelic_name= Muine Gobha
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| lieutenancy_scotland= Wigtown
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|constituency_westminster= Dumfries and Galloway
|constituency_scottish_parliament=Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
|postcode_district = DG8
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|dial_code= 01671
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Minnigaff is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Lead was discovered there in 1763 and mined about two miles from the village until 1839.[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/KKD/Minnigaff/ Minnigaff history in the UK & Ireland Genealogy Website, accessed 13 August 2015]
Etymology
The name Minnigaff or Minigaff is of Brittonic origin.{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Alan |title=A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence |url=https://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary_2019_Edition.pdf |website=SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North |accessdate=13 October 2019}} The generic element is mönïδ, meaning "a prominent hill", while the specific is goβ, meaning "a blacksmith" (cf. Welsh mynydd-gof). The Minnigaff Hills, part of the Galloway Forest Park, are located north of the village.
History
Minnigaff was one of two parishes from Kirkcudbrightshire which were included in the Wigtown District which existed from 1975 to 1996, and as such forms part of the Wigtown lieutenancy area rather than the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright lieutenancy.{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973|year=1973|chapter=65|accessdate=22 November 2022}}{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996|year=1996|number=731|accessdate=25 November 2022}}
Notable people
Minnigaff is the birthplace of John M'Millan, the Cameronian preacher. Sir James Mirrlees, winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was also born there.
Buildings
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEQwYQltJX8 Video and History of the Kirk, Church and Castle]
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Category:Villages in Dumfries and Galloway
Category:Parishes in Dumfries and Galloway
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