Beeswing, Dumfries and Galloway

Beeswing is a small village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Scotland.

Before Beeswing became known as Beeswing, it was named West Park of Loch Arthur (shown in the census in 1841 and 1851[1]) because the first house built by the local blacksmith was built on the land called West Park.

[3] This row of houses is shown as Beeswing on the first edition of the six inch to the mile Ordnance Survey published in 1854.

[7] The entry in the Ordnance Survey Object Name Book, written in 1847, states:A row of houses in good repair having a garden attached to each.

The Loch Arthur Community at Beeswing, run by the Camphill Village Trust,[11] is a working farm with dairy, gardens and supported accommodation where people with learning disabilities live alongside volunteers in a way that "recognises the dignity and uniqueness of each human being and does not distinguish between those who are called disabled and those who are not".