Thornhill (Dumfries and Galloway)

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Thornhill
Street in the center
Street in the center
Coordinates 55 ° 14 ′  N , 3 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 14 ′  N , 3 ° 46 ′  W
Thornhill (Scotland)
Thornhill
Thornhill
Residents 1674 (2011 census)
administration
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

Thornhill is a town in the Scottish Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . It is located around 23 kilometers northwest of the center of Dumfries on the left bank of the Nith .

history

Probably in the 1260s, Morton Castle , northeast of Thornhill, was built. It stands in a position that is easy to defend and is protected on three sides by the Morton Hole . The defense structure was used until 1715 and is now only preserved as a ruin.

In the 14th century, Clan Douglas received the lands surrounding Drumlanrig in Nithsdale from King Robert the Bruce . They built Drumlanrig Castle there . However, there were probably two predecessor castles at the site. Although already in 1356 a barony was established, the earliest record comes a military construction, however, from the year 1492. After the site first seat of the Lords Drumlanrig was, he was with the appointment of William Douglas' first Earl of Queensberry for Earls seat . The castle later became the ancestral home of the Dukes , then the Marquesses of Queensberry.

It was James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry who gave Thornhill under the name New Dalgarno 1664 the rights of a burgh . Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry donated the Thornhill Cross market cross in 1714 . Four churches were built in Thornhill during the 18th and 19th centuries.

traffic

With the Nith Bridge a crossing of the Nith was built in 1778 at Thornhill. Today it runs on the A702 ( Edinburgh - St John's Town of Dalry ). Together with the A76 ( Kilmarnock –Dumfries) running directly through Thornhill, it connects the village to the trunk road network. In 1846 a station was opened in Thornhill along the main line of the Glasgow and South Western Railway . Although the line itself is still used, the station was closed in the 1960s. However, there is an initiative to reopen.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ Entry on Morton Castle  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ↑ Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ^ Information about Thornhill train station
  7. ↑ BBC News: New Dumfries and Galloway railway station funds pursued , Jan. 9, 2014.

Web links

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