Sanquhar
Sign in to saveSanquhar (, ) is a town on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. It is a former Royal Burgh.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Sanquhar
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Seanchair
- UK place.scots_name
- Sanchar
- UK place.static_image_name
- Sanquhar viewed from the south - geograph.org.uk - 686805.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Sanquhar from the south
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.language
- English
- UK place.language1
- Southern Scots
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS781099
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Dumfriesshire
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.post_town
- SANQUHAR
- UK place.postcode_area
- DG
- UK place.postcode_district
- DG4
- UK place.dial_code
- 01659
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Crichton family
- Religious upheaval
- Later history
- Crawick Village
- Cycling history
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- 30-Mile Records
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- Local festivities
- Neighbouring hills
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Sanquhar (, ) is a town on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. It is a former Royal Burgh.
It is notable for its tiny post office, established in 1712 and considered the oldest working post office in the world. It was also where the Covenanters, who opposed episcopalisation of the church, signed the Sanquhar Declaration renouncing their allegiance to the King, an event commemorated by a monument in the main street.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sanquhar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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