Annan (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Anainn) is a town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. Its public buildings include Annan Academy, of which the writer Thomas Carlyle was a pupil, and a Georgian building now known as "Bridge House". The Town Hall was built in Victorian style in 1878, using the local sandstone. Annan also features a Historic Resources Centre. In Port Street, some of the windows remain blocked up to avoid paying the window tax.
Population: 8,231
Latitude: 54° 59' 18.20" N
Longitude: -3° 15' 23.29" W
Craigdarroch is the name of a house near Moniaive, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was the seat of the Chief of the Dumfriesshire Fergussons for 600 years. Built by William Adam in 1729 over the old house dating from the earliest records (14th c…
Carlisle was, from 1835 to 1974, a local government district in the northwest of England, coterminate with Carlisle. In 1835, following the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, Carlisle was constituted a municipal borough of Cumberland, but was promoted…
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Bewcastle Castle is a ruined castle in the parish of Bewcastle in the English county of Cumbria.
The Battle of Dornock was fought on 25 March 1333 during the Second War of Scottish Independence.
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Arbigland Estate is an estate in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.
Annan railway station serves the town of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
The A701 is a major road in Scotland that runs from Dumfries to Edinburgh.
Wigton railway station serves the town of Wigton in Cumbria, England.
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Stewartry is a committee area in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
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First English Civil War
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