Thornhill
Thornhill is a town in the Mid Nithsdale location of Dumfries and also Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the primary A76 road. Thornhill beings in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn as well as Scaur array to the west and also the Lowther hills to the east. It was at first a small village, intended as well as integrated in 1717 on the Queensberry Estate when driving linking Dumfries to Glasgow. The Earl of Queensberry originally named the village 'New Dalgarnock' however the name did not achieve popular authorization. The town is primarily consisted of a grid pattern with the major street of Drumlanrig Street (the A76), East as well as West Morton Streets, New Street, Townhead Street and also Gill Road (the A702). The town is near Drumlanrig Castle, a 17th-century turreted manor once the old Douglas garrison, currently house to the Duke of Buccleuch and also Queensberry. The grounds include Tibbers Castle which was founded in the 12th or 13th century. One of the most lately released Census information from 2001 places the population at 1,512 inhabitants.