Thornhill
Thornhill is a community in the Mid Nithsdale area 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 and also Scaur variety to the west and the Lowther hills to the eastern. It was at first a small village, prepared as well as constructed in 1717 on the Queensberry Estate when traveling connecting Dumfries to Glasgow. The Earl of Queensberry at first called the town 'New Dalgarnock' nevertheless the name did not achieve popular approval. The town is mostly comprised a grid pattern with the main road of Drumlanrig Street (the A76), East and also 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 garrison, currently home to the Fight it out of Buccleuch and also Queensberry. The premises consist of Tibbers Castle which was founded in the 12th or 13th century. The most recently published Census information from 2001 puts the population at 1,512 inhabitants.