Maxwelltown

Maxwelltown was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh and by the time of the burgh's abolition in 1929 it was the most populous burgh in the county of , Scotland.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: human settlement in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Bridgend”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dumfries Museum and Robert Burns Visitor’s Centre.

Museum
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and Camera Obscura, located in in , is the largest museum in the region. The museum has extensive collections relating to local and history from the pre-historic era.

Museum
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a museum.

Bridge
Photo: Grant McIntosh Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Troqueer and Dumfries.

Suburb
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is a former village and a parish in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in on the west side of the . The eastern-side was merged with to the east in 1929, and today eastern is a suburb of Dumfries.

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is the principal town of in southwest Scotland. It's a pleasant market town, with a population of 46,500 in 2020. Robert Burns the poet spent his last years here: from 1788 to 1791 at Ellisland Farm 7 miles north, then in town until his death, aged 37.

Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an institutional campus in in southwest Scotland. It serves as a remote campus for the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway College, and the Open University.

Maxwelltown

Latitude
55.06477° or 55° 3′ 53″ north
Longitude
-3.61705° or 3° 37′ 1″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
9C7R397M+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12571014270
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2642887
Wiki­data ID
Q15252238
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In Other Languages

From Irish to Scots—“Maxwelltown” goes by many names.
  • Irish: “Ceann Drochaid”
  • Scots: “Maxwelltoun”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Camera Obscura and St Benedict’s Convent.

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