Castle Douglas

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Castle Douglas
Scottish Gaelic Caisteal Dhùghlais
Main street from Castle Douglas
Main street from Castle Douglas
Coordinates 54 ° 57 ′  N , 3 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 54 ° 57 ′  N , 3 ° 56 ′  W
Castle Douglas (Scotland)
Castle Douglas
Castle Douglas
Residents 4174 2011 census
administration
Post town CASTLE DOUGLAS
ZIP code section DG7
prefix 01556
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Dumfries and Galloway
British Parliament Dumfries and Galloway
Scottish Parliament Galloway and West Dumfries

Castle Douglas , Gaelic Caisteal Dhùghlais , is a village in the Scottish Council Area Dumfries and Galloway or in the traditional county of Kirkcudbrightshire . It is located about twelve kilometers northeast of Kirkcudbright and 24 kilometers southwest of Dumfries on the left bank of Carlingwark Loch .

history

The settlement was known as Causewayend , then Carlingwark . These were small settlements around Threave Castle . William Douglas, 1st Baronet , who had the nearby Gelston Castle built as his seat, developed the village in 1789 and gave it its current name. His brother is buried in the Douglas mausoleum . Among other things, a wool mill and a foundry settled there. Furthermore, annual fairs were held. Castle Douglas developed into a regional sub-center in the following period. Later the textile and dairy industries settled here. The importance for the regional cattle trade reflects the cattle market hall of Castle Douglas , built around 1900 .

In the course of the 2011 census survey, Castle Douglas counted 4174 inhabitants. After 1847 people had lived in Castle Douglas in 1841, the population rose almost uniformly over the decades.

traffic

The A75 ( Stranraer - Gretna Green ) passes the town in the north and connects it to the trunk road network. In the center of Castle Douglas also from ending Ayr coming A713 and the A745 . In 1859 the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway opened. Later there was a connection to the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway and the Kirkcudbright Railway at Castle Douglas station . In the course of the Beeching ax , the route was abandoned in June 1965.

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ 2011 census
  6. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  7. ↑ Information about Castle Douglas train station

Web links

Commons : Castle Douglas  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files