Thornhill
Thornhill is a community in the Mid Nithsdale location of Dumfries and also Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and also north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill sits in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and also Scaur range to the west and the Lowther hills to the east. It was initially a little village, planned and integrated in 1717 on the Queensberry Estate on the road linking Dumfries to Glasgow. The Earl of Queensberry at first called the town 'New Dalgarnock' however the name did not accomplish preferred approval. The community is mostly made up a grid pattern with the primary road of Drumlanrig Street (the A76), East and West Morton Streets, New Street, Townhead Street and also Gill Road (the A702). The community is near Drumlanrig Castle, a 17th-century turreted mansion once the old Douglas fortress, currently residence to the Battle each other of Buccleuch as well as Queensberry. The premises consist of Tibbers Castle which was founded in the 12th or 13th century. The most lately published Census information from 2001 places the population at 1,512 occupants.
