Thornhill
Thornhill is a community in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries as well as Galloway, Scotland, southern of Sanquhar as well as north of Dumfries on the primary A76 road. Thornhill beings in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and also Scaur array to the west and the Lowther hills to the eastern. It was at first a tiny town, planned and also constructed in 1717 on the Queensberry Estate when driving connecting Dumfries to Glasgow. The Earl of Queensberry originally named the village 'New Dalgarnock' nevertheless the name did not achieve popular authorization. The town is mostly consisted of a grid pattern with the main street of Drumlanrig Street (the A76), East and also West Morton Streets, New Street, Townhead Street and also Gill Road (the A702). The community is near Drumlanrig Castle, a 17th-century turreted manor once the old Douglas fortress, now home to the Battle each other of Buccleuch as well as Queensberry. The grounds include Tibbers Castle which was founded in the 12th or 13th century. One of the most recently published Census information from 2001 puts the population at 1,512 occupants.