Closeburn (Dumfries and Galloway)
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Closeburn Scottish Gaelic Cill Osbrain |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 13 ′ N , 3 ° 44 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | THORNHILL | ||
| ZIP code section | DG3 | ||
| prefix | 01848 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| British Parliament | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Dumfriesshire | ||
Closeburn , Gaelic Cill Osbrain , is a village in the Scottish Council Area Dumfries and Galloway or in the Nithsdale district of the traditional county of Dumfriesshire . It is located around three kilometers southeast of Thornhill and 15 km north of Dumfries near the left bank of the Nith .
history
The name Closeburn is derived from the medieval Kylosbern ("Church of Osbern"). At that time, the lands were owned by the Scottish King David I. His grandson Alexander II gave them to the Kirkpatrick family . To the east of today's town, the nucleus of today's Tower House Closeburn Castle , which the Kirkpatricks developed , was probably built in the 11th century . They held the lands for several centuries and then sold them in the 1780s. The Closeburn merchant John Wallace , who lives in Glasgow , had the Wallacehall Academy built in 1723 .
As part of the 1971 census survey, Closeburn counted 225 inhabitants.
traffic
Closeburn is located directly on the A76 (Dumfries - Kilmarnock ). In Thornhill there is a connection to the A702 coming from St John's Town of Dalry . In 1849 Closeburn got its own station on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway , a section of the main line of the Glasgow and South Western Railway between Glasgow and Carlisle . While the line is still in operation today, Closeburn station was closed in the 1960s.
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Entry on Closeburn Castle in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Closeburn in: FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Information about Closeburn train station
