Thornhill
Thornhill is a community in the Mid Nithsdale location of Dumfries as well as Galloway, Scotland, southern of Sanquhar as well as north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill beings in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and also Scaur array to the west as well as the Lowther hills to the east. It was initially a small town, planned as well as constructed in 1717 on the Queensberry Estate on the road connecting Dumfries to Glasgow. The Earl of Queensberry originally named the town 'New Dalgarnock' nonetheless the name did not attain popular approval. The community is mostly made up a grid pattern with the major street of Drumlanrig Street (the A76), East as well as West Morton Streets, New Street, Townhead Street as well as Gill Road (the A702). The community is near Drumlanrig Castle, a 17th-century turreted mansion once the old Douglas fortress, currently house to the Duke of Buccleuch as well as Queensberry. The grounds consist of Tibbers Castle which was founded in the 12th or 13th century. The most recently published Census information from 2001 places the population at 1,512 inhabitants.
