Drumlanrig
| Drumlanrig | |
| Dumfriesshire | |
|---|---|
 Drumlanrig Castle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NX851992 |
| Location: | 55°16’25"N, 3°48’31"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dumfries and Galloway |
Drumlanrig is a hamlet in Dumfriesshire, which is best known for nearby Drumlanrig Castle. The earliest record for Drumlanrig is from 1374, spelled Drumlangryg.
There are a number of possible etymologies for the name. It may represent Cumbric Welsh drum ('ridge') and -lanerc ('small area of cleared woodland'). However, the first element may also be the Galloway Gaelic druim (also meaning 'ridge'), added to a Cumbric name or to the Scots / Old English *lang-rigg ('long ridge').[1]
Location (1374)
The charter for the Drumlanrig barony originates in 1356, but the first stated location is in a charter dated 28 May 1374.[2] "The barony stretched from the Marr Burn, close to Drumlanrig Castle upwards along the western side of the river Nith into Sanquhar parish, including some lands on the eastern side of the river, and also others in the parishes of Dunscore and Penpont, [...] Glenym, Fardine-Malloch, Dalpeddar, Auchensow, Auchingreuch, Castle-Gilmour, Muirhouse, Powgaun (Polgowan), Arkland, Dalgoner, Balagan, Coshogle, Benzery, Benans, Corsfarding, Ellioc."[3]
Barony of Drumlanrig
The Barony of Drumlanrig was established in 1356[4] by King David II of Scotland by right of his father, James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas, for his illegitimate son, William Douglas.[5][6] It remained in the Douglas line from then, down to James Douglas, 8th of Drumlanrig (to 1615). The 8th Baron was succeeded by his son, William, who became the 1st Earl of Queensberry.
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References
- ↑ James, Alan G.: 'The Brittonic Language in the Old North: A Guide to the Place-name Evidence' (2014) p 152
- ↑ Ramage, Craufurd Tait (1876). Drumlanrig Castle and the Douglases. Dumfries: J.Anderson & Son. p 3.
- ↑ Ramage, Craufurd Tait (1876). Drumlanrig Castle and the Douglases. Dumfries: J.Anderson & Son. p 3.
- ↑ Ramage, Craufurd Tait (1876). Drumlanrig Castle and the Douglases. Dumfries: J.Anderson & Son. p 3
- ↑ https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/families/douglas_of_drumlanrig.html
- ↑ Maxwell, Herbert (1902). A History of the House of Douglas from the Earliest Times Down to the Legislative Union of England and Scotland. London: Fremantle & Co. p. 251.