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The Burgh of Maxwelltown

The Burgh of Maxwelltown

By 1810 the huddle of cottages known as Brigend had grown into the Burgh of Maxwelltown with its own town council, Provost, police force and courthouse. Throughout the Victorian period it was a centre of local industry with saw mills, foundries and woolen mills. It was the second largest town in Dumfries and Galloway when it finally joined its neighbour, Dumfries, in 1929.

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