Minnigaff
Minnigaff is located in Dumfries and Galloway
Minnigaff
Minnigaff
Location within Dumfries an Gallowa
Cooncil area
KintraScotland
Sovereign stateUnitit Kinrick
Postcode destrictDG8
Diallin code01671
PoliceScots
FireScots
AmbulanceScots
EU PairlamentScotland
UK Pairlament
  • Dumfries and Galloway
Scots Pairlament
  • Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
Leet o places
UK
Scotland
54°58′01″N 4°28′59″W / 54.966958°N 4.483167°W / 54.966958; -4.483167Coordinates: 54°58′01″N 4°28′59″W / 54.966958°N 4.483167°W / 54.966958; -4.483167
Garlies Castle, Minnigaff
Kirkcoubrieshire, cevil pairish map

Minnigaff is a veelage an ceevil pairish in the historical coonty o Kirkcoubrieshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. Leid wis diskivert there in 1763 and wis mine't aboot twa mile fae the veelage until 1839.[1]


Etymology

The name Minnigaff or Minigaff is o Breetonic oreegin.[2] The generic element is mönïδ, meann "a kenspeckle hill', while the speceefic is goβ, meanin "a blacksmith". (c.f. Welsh mynydd-gof).[2]

Namely fowk

Minnigaff is the birthplace o Sir James Mirrlees (1936-2018), winner o the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Leetit biggins in Minnigaff

References

  1. ↑ Minnigaff history in the UK & Ireland Genealogy Website, accessed 13 August 2015
  2. ↑ a b James, Alan. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence" (PDF). SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

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