Annandale, Dumfries and Galloway
- Annandale, Dumfries and Galloway
:"For other places called Annandale, see Annandale (disambiguation)."Annandale (Gaelic: "Strath Annan") is a strath in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, named after the River Annan. It runs north-south from Moffat to Annan on the Solway Firth.
Annandale was also an historic district of Scotland, bordering Liddesdale to the east, Nithsdale to the west, Clydesdale and Tweeddale to the north and the Solway Firth to the south. The district which was in the Sheriffdom of Dumfries and later became part of the County of Dumfries, one of the counties of Scotland. The main reorganisation took place during the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, which established a uniform system of county councils and town councils in Scotland and restructured many of Scotland’s counties. (See: History of local government in the United Kingdom). It is one of three subdivisions of Dumfriesshire, along with Eskdale (previously part of Liddesdale) and Nithsdale.
It is famous for its connection with Robert the Bruce, as the de Brus family was given this land by David I in 1124, as one of the border lordships when David became Prince of the Cumbrians. Along with Carrick, these lands acted as a buffer between the quasi-independent Lordship or Kingdom of Galloway and David's lands of Strathclyde and Cumbria.
External links
* [http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/record.cfm?id=216 Historic map showing Annandale]
* [http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/scotland.cfm?id=162 Historic map showing Annandale in Scotland]
* [http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/record.cfm?id=252 Historic map showing Annandale in Scotland]
* [http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/record.cfm?id=158 Historic map showing Annandale in Scotland]
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