Langholm, General
Burgh (Medieval), Town (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Langholm, General
Classification Burgh (Medieval), Town (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 68728
Site Number NY38SE 36
NGR NY 3647 8449
NGR Description Centred NY 3647 8449
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/68728
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Langholm
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY38SE 36 centred 3647 8449
For Battle of Arkinholm (NY 36 84) and market cross (NY 3646 8450, removed to NY 3688 8447), see NY38SE 15 and NY38SE 16 respectively. For tolbooth and town hall (NY 3646 8449), see NY38SE 40.
Erected burgh of barony, 1621 and burgh of regality, 1687.
G S Pryde 1965.
Small town beside the Esk, founded as a burgh of barony in 1621; its first substantial stone houses were erected a few years later.
J Gifford 1996.
NY38SE 36 centred 3647 8449
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
'Scottish Motor Transport' magazine, March 1951.
