Borgue, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright

Borgue, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright

infobox UK place
country = Scotland
official_name= Borgue
os_grid_reference= NX629484
latitude=54.812
longitude=-4.134
unitary_scotland= Dumfries and Galloway
lieutenancy_scotland= The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright
constituency_westminster= Dumfries and Galloway
constituency_scottish_parliament= Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
post_town= KIRKCUDBRIGHT
postcode_district = DG6 4xx
postcode_area= DG
dial_code= 01557

Borgue (pronounced "Borg") is a village in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies 5 miles south-west of Kirkcudbright and 6 miles south of Gatehouse of Fleet.

Notable people from Borgue

* The poet William Nicholson, the 'Bard of Galloway'
* John James Pringle (1855-1922), dermatologist
* Henry Dalziel (1868–1935), newspaper proprietor and MP
* Sir Robin Gray (1931-), Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1990 to 1993, who was born in Borgue

External links

* [http://www.imchad.freeola.com/mc_clumpha/towns/brg.htm Photos of Borgue village]
* [http://www.borgueprimary.ik.org/ Borgue Primary School website]


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