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Coordinates: 54°5848N 3°4836W / 54.980°N 3.810°W / 54.980; -3.810
 

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54°58′48N 3°48′36W / 54.980°N 3.810°W / 54.980; -3.810

Stewartry
District (1975–1996)
Lieutenancy area (1975–)

History
 • Created16 May 1975
 • Abolished31 March 1996
 • Succeeded byDumfries and Galloway
 • HQKirkcudbright
Contained within
 • RegionDumfries and Galloway

The Stewartry was a local government district from 1975 until 1996 within the Dumfries and Galloway region in south-west Scotland. Under the name The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright the area of the former district is still used as a lieutenancy area. Dumfries and Galloway Council has a Stewartry area committee which approximately covers the same area, subject to some adjustments where ward boundaries no longer follow the pre-1996 district boundary. The Stewartry covers the majority of the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, and derives its name from the county's alternative name of "The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright".[1]

History[edit]

Stewartry district was created on 16 May 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Stewartry district was one of four districts created within the region of Dumfries and Galloway. The district covered the majority of the former administrative county of Kirkcudbrightshire, excluding the parishesofKirkmabreck and Minnigaff on the western edge of the county, which went to Wigtown district, and the parishes of Kirkbean, Kirkpatrick Irongray, New Abbey, Terregles, and Troqueer on the eastern edge of the county, which went to Nithsdale. The district's name of "the Stewartry" was derived from the alternative name for Kirkcudbrightshire as the "Stewartry of Kirkcudbright", referencing the fact that the area had previously been administered by a steward rather than a sheriff.[2][3][4]

For lieutenancy purposes, the last lord-lieutenant of the county of Kirkcudbrightshire was made lord-lieutenant for the new Stewartry district when it came into effect in 1975.[5]

Further local government reform in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 saw the four districts of Dumfries and Galloway abolished, with Dumfries and Galloway Council taking over their functions. The council continues to use the former Stewartry district as the basis of an area committee, alongside committees for the other three abolished districts of Annandale and Eskdale, Nithsdale, and Wigtown, subject to some adjustments of boundaries where ward boundaries no longer follow the pre-1996 district boundaries.[6] The area of the former district also continues to be used for lieutenancy purposes as the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright lieutenancy area.[7]

Political control[edit]

The first election to the district council was held in 1974, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until it came into its powers on 16 May 1975. Throughout the council's existence a majority of the seats were held by independents:[8]

Party in control Years
Independent 1975–1996

Premises[edit]

County Buildings, 121–123 High Street, Kirkcudbright

Stewartry District Council was based at the former headquarters of the abolished Kirkcudbrightshire County Council, being a converted pair of late 18th century houses called the County Buildings at 121–123 High Street in Kirkcudbright, with a large extension built in 1952 to the rear facing Daar Road.[9] Since the district council's abolition in 1996 the building has been an area office of Dumfries and Galloway Council.[10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ larminiev (19 November 2020). "Q. When is a Shire not a Shire? A. When it's a Stewartry! Kirkcudbright in the 1650s". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  • ^ Learmonth, William (1920). Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 1. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  • ^ "Boundaries viewer". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  • ^ "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1973 c. 65, retrieved 22 November 2022
  • ^ "The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1975", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1975/428, retrieved 27 November 2022
  • ^ "Area Committee Community Meetings". Dumfries and Galloway Council. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  • ^ "The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1996/731, retrieved 25 November 2022
  • ^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  • ^ "Stewartry District Council Offices". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  • ^ "Customer Services - Kirkcudbright". Dumfries and Galloway Council. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
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