Thornhill
Thornhill is a community in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries as well as Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and also north of Dumfries on the major A76 road. Thornhill beings in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn as well as Scaur range to the west and the Lowther hillsides to the eastern. It was at first a little town, planned as well as integrated in 1717 on the Queensberry Estate when driving linking Dumfries to Glasgow. The Earl of Queensberry at first named the village 'New Dalgarnock' nevertheless the name did not accomplish prominent authorization. The town is mainly consisted of a grid pattern with the major 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, now house to the Fight it out of Buccleuch and Queensberry. The premises have Tibbers Castle which was founded in the 12th or 13th century. One of the most just recently published Census information from 2001 places the population at 1,512 residents.
