This wee booklet starts off with a description of Wigtown Wigtown, the county town, is a place of great antiquity. Several theories have been put forward as to the origins of the town's name, among others being - Wic, a bay and ton, a town, meaning the town on the bay, and Wic, a village, and ton, a hill, meaning the village on a hill - either of which is descriptive of the town's situation. Wigtown is thought to have been made a Royal Burgh, and the chief town of the county, in the reign of David II. Occupying a delightful position on the top of a hill overlooking a beautiful bay, Wigtown possesses those bracing and invigorating qualities which are most essential to health. With its broad streets, its neat houses, of which scarcely two are alike, its quaint and old-world appearance, it recommends itself to the holiday-seeker in quest of peace and quietness, but nevertheless allows ample scope for indulgence in most holiday pastimes. The Square is, perhaps, the chief feature of the town, which is conspicuous by its tall trees growing alongside an enclosed railing. In its centre are well laid out tennis courts and bowling green, with a handsome pavilion, erected by public subscription to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VII. To the west of the Square stand the Old and New Crosses, the latter of which is a structure of great architectural beauty. It bears the date 1816, and is supposed to have been erected in memory of the Battle of Waterloo. At the east end of the Square is the County Buildings, with its lofty towers, from the top of which an excellent view of the surrounding country can be obtained. This spacious building, erected in 1863, contains the offices of the Sheriff Clerk and Procurator Fiscal, the Court, Assembly, and a number of lesser rooms. At the further end of Bank Street is the Parish Church. Adjoining is the Old Churchyard, in which is an interesting memorial to the two female martyrs, Margaret McLachlan and Margaret Wilson, who were tied to stakes and drowned by the incoming tide for their adherence to the Reformed Covenant of Scotland. On the sands, below the Church, can be seen a stake which marks the spot where the drowning took place. On Windyhill there is also a monument erected to the memory of those martyrs, which, from its commanding position, can be seen for miles around, and to which large numbers of visitors are attracted every year. Bladnoch village is situated about a mile from Wigtown, and is composed of a single row of houses, the river Bladnoch, running parallel with the roadway. On the south a beautiful wooded bank rises from the stream. Crossing the bridge and turning to the left the Bladnoch Creamery is reached, while farther on is the historical ruin of Baldoon Castle, where the domestic tragedy occurred that gave rise to Scott's novel, 'The Bride of Lammermoor'.