Thornhill
Thornhill is a town in the Mid Nithsdale location of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar as well as north of Dumfries on the major A76 road. Thornhill sits in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and Scaur variety to the west as well as the Lowther hills to the eastern. It was initially a tiny town, planned as well as built in 1717 on the Queensberry Estate when traveling linking Dumfries to Glasgow. The Earl of Queensberry initially called the village 'New Dalgarnock' nonetheless the name did not accomplish prominent authorization. The community is primarily comprised a grid pattern with the major road of Drumlanrig Street (the A76), East and West Morton Streets, New Street, Townhead Street and Gill Road (the A702). The community is near Drumlanrig Castle, a 17th-century turreted mansion once the old Douglas stronghold, currently home to the Fight it out of Buccleuch and also Queensberry. The grounds contain Tibbers Castle which was founded in the 12th or 13th century. One of the most recently released Census information from 2001 places the population at 1,512 residents.
