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A. MacKechnie

Duchess Bridge, Langholm: An Early Scottish Cast-Iron Footbridge — Made in England

TDGNHAS Series III, 88 (2014), 109(WARNING large file size: 7.34 MB)

Abstract

Duchess Bridge near Langholm is one of Scotland’s earliest surviving cast-iron bridges. It spans the River Esk within the policies of the one-time Buccleuch mansion of Langholm Lodge in Dumfries and Galloway, and it was cast and erected in 1813. This note reproduces some contemporary documentation concerning the bridge and something of the narrative that caused it to be.

J. Reid

Dumfries in the Days of Burns [Summary only]

Recent, Recent (Social)

TDGNHAS Series III, 22 (1938-40), 60(WARNING very large file size: 54.53 MB)

Abstract

Summary simply notes that 'it is to be regretted that this interesting paper on old Dumfries has had to be held over' It was NOT in fact subsequently published.