Thornhill
Thornhill is a town in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill beings in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and Scaur range to the west as well as the Lowther hillsides to the eastern. It was initially a tiny village, planned and constructed in 1717 on the Queensberry Estate on the road connecting Dumfries to Glasgow. The Earl of Queensberry originally called the village 'New Dalgarnock' however the name did not accomplish preferred approval. The community is primarily consisted of a grid pattern with the main street of Drumlanrig Street (the A76), East as well as West Morton Streets, New Street, Townhead Street and also Gill Road (the A702). The town is near Drumlanrig Castle, a 17th-century turreted manor once the old Douglas stronghold, currently house to the Duke of Buccleuch and also Queensberry. The grounds contain Tibbers Castle which was founded in the 12th or 13th century. The most just recently released Census information from 2001 places the population at 1,512 occupants.
