Thornhill
Thornhill is a town in the Mid Nithsdale location of Dumfries and 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 also Scaur range to the west as well as the Lowther hills to the east. It was originally a little town, planned as well as constructed in 1717 on the Queensberry Estate when driving connecting Dumfries to Glasgow. The Earl of Queensberry originally named the village 'New Dalgarnock' nevertheless the name did not achieve prominent approval. The town is mainly comprised a grid pattern with the major road of Drumlanrig Street (the A76), East and also 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 garrison, currently home to the Duke of Buccleuch as well as Queensberry. The premises consist of Tibbers Castle which was founded in the 12th or 13th century. One of the most recently released Census information from 2001 places the population at 1,512 occupants.
