Gelston or Gilston, a village in Kelton parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, 2½ miles SSE of Castle-Douglas, under which it has a post office. Gelston Castle, ½ mile SE of the village, was built by the late Sir William Douglas, Bart., whose niece and heiress, Mrs Maitland-Kirwan, holds 5080 acres in the shire, valued at £3967 per annum. An ancient parish of Gelston now forms the south-eastern district of Kelton. Its church stood adjacent to a ravine or gill, traversed by a brook, and has left some vestiges.Ord. Sur., sh. 5, 1857.
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