Thornhill
Thornhill is a town in the Mid Nithsdale location of Dumfries and also Galloway, Scotland, southern of Sanquhar as well as north of Dumfries on the major A76 road. Thornhill beings in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and also Scaur variety to the west as well as the Lowther hillsides to the eastern. It was at first a small town, planned and also built in 1717 on the Queensberry Estate when traveling connecting Dumfries to Glasgow. The Earl of Queensberry initially called the village 'New Dalgarnock' nevertheless the name did not accomplish popular authorization. The town is mainly consisted of a grid pattern with the main road of Drumlanrig Street (the A76), East and West Morton Streets, New Street, Townhead Street as well as Gill Road (the A702). The town is near Drumlanrig Castle, a 17th-century turreted mansion once the old Douglas stronghold, currently home to the Fight it out of Buccleuch and Queensberry. The premises contain Tibbers Castle which was founded in the 12th or 13th century. The most lately released Census information from 2001 puts the population at 1,512 occupants.
