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Apx. size & location. Annandale (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Anann) is a strath in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, named after the dale of the River Annan.It runs north–south through the Southern Uplands from Annanhead (north of Moffat) to Annan on the Solway Firth, and in its higher reaches it separates the Moffat hills on the east from the Lowther hills to the west.
Annan Academy is the town's secondary school that covers the whole of South Annandale. [20] Dumfries & Galloway College located in Dumfries is a popular place for further education for students from Annan. [21]
Annandale and Eskdale is a committee area in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It covers the areas of Annandale and Eskdale , the straths of the River Annan and the River Esk respectively. From 1975 until 1996 it was a local government district.
An elected county council was established for each county in 1890 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889. The three county councils were abolished in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. A ...
From 1845 to 1930, parishes formed part of the local government system of Scotland: having parochial boards from 1845 to 1894, and parish councils from 1894 until 1930.. The parishes, which had their origins in the ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland, often overlapped county boundaries, largely because they reflected earlier territorial divisions.
Middlebie Church Pennersaugh Graveyard. Middlebie is a hamlet and parish in the historic county of Dumfriesshire in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.It is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Ecclefechan, and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Annan, on the banks of the Middlebie Burn.
The town councils of large burghs were responsible for all local services except higher-level activities such as police and education, which were provided by the county council. Small burghs : The remaining burghs became "small burghs", yielding many of their powers to the reconstituted county councils.
The lists of schools in Scotland are divided into several articles: Private (independent) schools in Scotland; State schools in City Council Areas; State schools in Council Areas A–D; State schools in Council Areas E–H; State schools in Council Areas I–R; State schools in Council Areas S–W; Gaelic medium schools in Scotland