Thornhill
Thornhill is a town in the Mid Nithsdale location of Dumfries and also Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar as well as north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill sits in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and Scaur variety to the west and also the Lowther hills to the eastern. It was initially a tiny village, planned and also built in 1717 on the Queensberry Estate when traveling connecting Dumfries to Glasgow. The Earl of Queensberry originally called the town 'New Dalgarnock' nonetheless the name did not accomplish preferred approval. The community is mainly made up a grid pattern with the primary street of Drumlanrig Street (the A76), East as well as West Morton Streets, New Street, Townhead Street and also Gill Road (the A702). The community is near Drumlanrig Castle, a 17th-century turreted manor once the old Douglas fortress, now home to the Fight it out of Buccleuch as well as Queensberry. The premises contain Tibbers Castle which was founded in the 12th or 13th century. The most just recently released Census data from 2001 puts the population at 1,512 citizens.
