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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.
The two straths of Eskdale and Annandale had each been medieval provinces of Scotland, with Annandale being a stewartry and Eskdale a lordship.The provinces were gradually eclipsed in importance by the shires as the main unit of local administration, with Annandale and Eskdale coming to be seen as two of the three divisions of Dumfriesshire, the other being Nithsdale.
This is a list of local government areas in Scotland from 1930 to 1975. The list contains the areas of local authorities as created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 , as amended by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 .
Annandale Way is a 53-mile (85 km) walking route [22] that was opened in September 2009. [23] The route runs through Annandale, from the source of the River Annan to the sea; it passes through the town of Annan and offers interesting walking both up river and down from the town.
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.
Robert de Brus, 4th Lord of Annandale (c. 1195–1245) Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale (c. 1215–1295) Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale (1243 – c. 1304) Charles Annandale (1843–1915), British editor; David Annandale (born 1967), Canadian speculative fiction author; Nelson Annandale (1876–1924), Scottish zoologist and ...
Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Phris) is a historic county and registration county in southern Scotland.The Dumfries lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the historic county.
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 ...