Minnigaff

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Minnigaff
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtDG8
Dialling code01671
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
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UK Parliament
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Garlies Castle, Minnigaff
Kirkcudbrightshire, civil parish map

Minnigaff is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. Lead was discovered there in 1763 and mined about two miles from the village until 1839. [1]

Minnigaff is the birthplace of Sir James Mirrlees, winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Buildings

References

  1. ^ Minnigaff history in the UK & Ireland Genealogy Website, accessed 13 August 2015
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