Terregles

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Terregles
Parish Church of Terregles
Parish Church of Terregles
Coordinates 55 ° 5 ′  N , 3 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 5 ′  N , 3 ° 41 ′  W
Terregles (Scotland)
Terregles
Terregles
administration
Post town DUMFRIES
ZIP code section DG2
prefix 01387
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Dumfries and Galloway
British Parliament Dumfries and Galloway
Scottish Parliament Galloway and West Dumfries

Terregles is a scattered settlement in the Scottish Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . It is located around four kilometers west of central Dumfries in the Nithsdale region in traditional Dumfriesshire . Terregles is the capital of the parish of the same name .

history

In 1573 the Terregles Parish Church was opened in Terregles . However, only fragments of this building remain, mainly the choir , which were integrated into the new church built around 1800. The village was the headquarters of the Lords Herries of Terregles , whose titles and possessions were revoked and confiscated due to their participation in the Jacobite uprisings of 1715. Probably towards the end of the 1780s, the family left the mansion terregles house building. After a fire devastated the building, which was redesigned and expanded by Robert Smirke in the 1830s , it was demolished in 1964. The stables, which are now protected as a Category A monument, have remained.

As part of the census survey in 1961, the small town of Terregles counted 52 inhabitants.

traffic

Terregles can be reached via Terregles Road . This street, on which the stadium of the Scottish football club Queen of the South is located with Palmerston Park , branches off the A780 in the center of Dumfries . With the A75 ( Stranraer - Gretna Green ), the A76 ( Kilmarnock - Dumfries), the A701 ( Edinburgh - Dumfries) and the A711 ( Argrennan - Dumfries) four trunk roads are located within a few kilometers.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ Entry on Terregles House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland

Web links

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