Dalswinton
| Dalswinton | |
| Dumfriesshire | |
|---|---|
 Dalswinton Barony Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NX936853 |
| Location: | 55°9’5"N, 3°40’12"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | DG2 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dumfries and Galloway |
Dalswinton is a small village in Dumfriesshire, standing in Nithsdale, about 6 miles north of Dumfries.
The name Dalswinton contains the Old English place-name swin tun, meaning 'pig farm', to which has been added the Gaelic dál, meaning 'water meadow' has been added.[1]
The parish church is Dalswinton Barony Church, of the Church of Scotland. It is a Victorian church built of corrugated iron.
About the village
To the east of the village a wind farm has been built with a capacity of 30 MW.[2] An earlier entrepreneur here was Patrick Miller, who built Dalswinton House and more or less what you still see now: the stable block situated below the main house and the walled garden; the village; the farms with the enclosed fields; all the cottages which were to house the farm workers and, finally, the loch. It was, perhaps, this for which he is most renowned, as it was on here that the first steamboat in Britain made its maiden voyage.
An exceptionally large beech tree long stood at the front of Dalswinton Barony Church, with the Giant Polypore bracket fungus (Meripilus giganteus) growing from its roots. The tree was felled in early 2014.
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References
- ↑ "What’s in a name?". 2011-01-07. Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002194823/http://www.gla.ac.uk/research/infocus/projects/headline_281532_en.html#mainpage. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
- ↑ http://www.infinis.com/our-business/onshore-wind/our-operations/