Maxwelltown

Maxwelltown (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Drochaid) was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh and the largest town in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire Scotland. In 1929 Maxwelltown was merged with Dumfries.[1][2]

"Maxwellton" redirects here. For the hamlet in Canada, see Maxwellton, Saskatchewan.

Maxwelltown War Memorial
Devorgilla Bridge (c. 15th Century) spanning the Nith.

Maxwelltown lies to the west of the River Nith. The river was formerly the boundary of Kirkcudbrightshire and Dumfriesshire. Maxwelltown was a hamlet known as Bridgend up until 1810, in which year it was made into a burgh of barony under its present name. Maxwelltown comprises several suburbs, including Summerhill, Troqueer, Janefield, Lochside, Lincluden, Sandside, and Summerville.

Statue of Old Mortality and his pony (The Sinclair Memorial)

The oldest remaining building within the Dumfries urban area is on the Maxwelltown side of the Nith, Lincluden Abbey. Queen of the South football ground is also on the Maxwelltown side. Some of the most notable local players for the club hail from the same side of the Nith, including Ian Dickson, Billy Houliston and Ted McMinn.[3] Other buildings of note are the former Dumfries Mill, now the Robert Burns Centre, with visitor centre, museum, film theatre and restaurant. Dumfries Museum and Observatory and the Camera Obscura are further up on the hill as is the Sinclair Memorial. The former Benedictine Convent of the Immaculate Conception stands on a prominent position on Corbelly Hill. HMP Dumfries is at Jessiefield and the former Maxwelltown Burgh Court House is now flats. Maxwelltown railway station in the Summerhill area on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway closed in 1965.

References
  1. "Maxwelltown". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. For a map reference around 1900, see: "Sheet 9 - Maxwelltown - Ordnance Survey One-inch 2nd edition, Scotland, 1898-1904". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2020. - Maxwelltown is in the lower left corner. On the adjacent sheet 10 ("OS Sheet 10". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2020.) Dumfries is in het lower right corner.
  3. Queen of the South Legends Archived 2009-09-17 at the Wayback Machine



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