Closeburn (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Osbairn) is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is on the A76 road2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) south of Thornhill. In the 2001 census, Closeburn had a population of 1,119. Closeburn is recorded as Killosbern in 1185.[1] The first element of the name is Gaeliccill 'cell or church'.[2][3] The second element is a saint's name, but none has definitely been identified.
The village is the former location of Wallace Hall, founded in 1723 and now based in Thornhill. The former schoolhouse, built in 1795 and incorporating the original buildings from the 1720s, is a Category A listed building.[4]
The River Nith is on the western boundary of the parish of Closeburn. The eastern part of the parish contains several hills, including the 2,286 feet (697 m) Queensberry, at the southern end of the Lowther Hills, part of the Southern Uplands. Several streams flow through the area, and the gorge and waterfall at Crichope Linn, 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) north-north-east of Closeburn was chosen by Walter Scott in his novel Old Mortality as the lair of John Balfour of Burley.[7]
The hamlet of Gatelawbridge, 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) east of Thornhill, is on the boundary of Closeburn and Morton parishes near Crichope Linn.
The nearby Brownhill Inn was a favourite haunt of the poet Robert Burns whilst he was working at an excise man or gauger in the area and was the site of inspirational events that led to the bard writing several poems, odes, etc. John Bacon was the landlord immortalised in verse by Burns and his wife was Catherine Stewart whose parents had run the Closeburn Kirk Brig Inn. Her brother was Willie Stewart who was the factor or grieve of the Closeburn Castle estate.[8]
^. Saints in Scottish Place-Names. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
^Watson, W. J. (1926). . Edinburgh and London. p. 167. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Nicolaisen, W. F. H. (2001). Scottish Place-Names. Edinburgh: John Donald. p. 166.
^Historic Environment Scotland. "Wallacehall Assessment Centre (former Academy and Schoolhouse) (Category A Listed Building) (LB3953)". Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^Historic Environment Scotland. "Closeburn Castle (Category B Listed Building) (LB4004)". Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^The Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland: A-H. A. Fullarton & Co. 1845. p. 228. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
^Wilson, John Marius (1860). Nelsons' hand-book to Scotland: for tourists. T. Nelson. p. 36. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
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