Creetown
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Creetown is a small seaside town in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, which forms part of Galloway in the Dumfries and Galloway council area in south-west Scotland. Its population is about 750 people. It is situated near the head of Wigtown Bay, 18 miles (29 km) west of Castle Douglas. The town was originally named Ferrytown of Cree (Scottish Gaelic: Port Aiseig a' Chrìch) as it formed one end of a ferry route that took pilgrims across the River Cree estuary to the shrine of St Ninian at Whithorn. This is the reason why the local football team, formed in 1895, are known as 'The Ferrytoun'.Creetown was formerly served by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railway. The granite quarries in the vicinity constituted the leading industry from about 1830 to 1900, the stone for the Liverpool docks and other public works having been obtained from them. The village dates from 1785, and became a burgh of barony in 1792. Sir Walter Scott laid part of the scene of Guy Mannering in this neighbourhood.
The clock tower commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.
The Ellangowan Hotel was used to portray the interior of the Green Man public house in Robin Hardy's feature, The Wicker Man 1973.
John Knox stayed at Barholm Castle as guest of the MacCullochs of Barholm in 1566 while on a preaching tour of Galloway.
Dr Thomas Brown, the metaphysician (1778–1820), was a native of the parish in which Creetown lies.
Mary Duchess of Bedford "The Flying Duchess" maintained a permanent landing ground (AA Approved) from about 1926, used when travelling to her home, nearby Cairnsmore House. [1]
