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Sorbie
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Sorbie is a smaw veelage in the Machars in the historical coonty o Wigtounshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland.[1][2]
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Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
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It is locatit midwey atween Wigtoun an Whithorn on the A714 road.
Fermin forms the principal local industry in the aurie.
The Sorbie Veelage Haw is uised bi a nummer o groups.[3]
Sorbie Pairish Kirk, in the centre o the veelage, dates fae aroond 1755 an is a lairge T-plan structur, noo de-ruift.
Millisle Kirk, 0.6 mile wast o Garlieston, wis designt bi Alan Stewart, 10t Yerl o Gallowa.
An infaw on the Wigtownshire Railway appent in Millisle in 1876. Sorbie railwey station on the Wigtownshire Railway brainch o the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway that closed in 1964 umwhile served Sorbie veelage.
For mony years Sorbie hid a creamery locatit aside the railwey station, some o whase products wis aince exportit via the port at nearby Garlieston. The creamery closed feenal in the 1990s an the site is noo occuppee'd bi a granite warks. Galloway Granite his noo flittit tae Newtoun Stewart an the warks noo appear tae be abandont an in a state o ruination.