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 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 eastern. It was originally a small town, planned as well as built in 1717 on the Queensberry Estate when driving linking Dumfries to Glasgow. The Earl of Queensberry initially called the town 'New Dalgarnock' however the name did not attain preferred 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 and also Gill Road (the A702). The community is near Drumlanrig Castle, a 17th-century turreted mansion once the old Douglas stronghold, now house to the Battle each other of Buccleuch as well as Queensberry. The premises consist of Tibbers Castle which was founded in the 12th or 13th century. One of the most lately released Census data from 2001 places the population at 1,512 inhabitants.