Thornhill
Thornhill is a community in the Mid Nithsdale location of Dumfries as well as Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill sits in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn as well as Scaur range to the west as well as the Lowther hills to the east. It was initially a little village, prepared and also integrated in 1717 on the Queensberry Estate on the road linking Dumfries to Glasgow. The Earl of Queensberry initially called the town 'New Dalgarnock' however the name did not accomplish prominent approval. The community is primarily comprised a grid pattern with the major street of Drumlanrig Street (the A76), East and also West Morton Streets, New Street, Townhead Street and Gill Road (the A702). The town is near Drumlanrig Castle, a 17th-century turreted manor once the old Douglas garrison, now residence to the Duke of Buccleuch as well as Queensberry. The grounds include Tibbers Castle which was founded in the 12th or 13th century. One of the most recently published Census information from 2001 puts the population at 1,512 citizens.
