Locharbriggs ("Lochar bridge") is a former village which has expanded greatly to become a major suburb of Dumfries. Its population in the 2001 census was 5,530 and it has further expanded since then.
Population: 6,333
Latitude: 55° 06' 12.13" N
Longitude: -3° 35' 3.77" W
Dumfries and Galloway College is a further education college in Dumfries and Galloway, with campuses in Dumfries and Stranraer. It offers a wide range of courses, including business, computing, construction, creative industries, education, engineeri…
Cummertrees is a coastal village and civil parish of Annandale in Dumfries and Galloway.
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…
Beattock is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, approximately 0.5mi (0.8km) south-west of Moffat and 19 mi (30.6 km) north of Dumfries.
The Battle of Dornock was fought on 25 March 1333 during the Second War of Scottish Independence.
Balmaclellan (Scottish Gaelic: Baile MhicIllFhaolain, meaning town of the MacLellans) is a small hillside village of stone houses with slate roofs in a fold of the Galloway hills in south-west Scotland. To the west, across the Ken River, the larger …
Arbigland Estate is an estate in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.
Annandale Water services is a motorway service station in the village of Johnstonebridge, Scotland. The service station is located next to the A74(M) motorway and is accessed using motorway junction 16 in both the northbound and southbound direction…
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.
Stewartry is a committee area in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
First English Civil War
The Siege of Carlisle (1315), was a conflict in the First War of Scottish Independence. Robert the Bruce, after his victory at the Battle of Bannockburn, had led a raid into England, and went to besiege Carlisle. He used all methods he could, includ…
The River Petteril is a river running through the English county of Cumbria.
Parton is a village situated on the banks of the River Dee in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Middlebie is a hamlet and parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.
Maxwelltown (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Drochaid) was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire in south west Scotland. In 1929 Maxwelltown was merged with Dumfries. Map ref.