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Tongland

Coordinates:54°51′49″N4°01′51″W / 54.8637°N 4.0307°W /54.8637; -4.0307
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This article is about the village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK. For the area of Glasgow, Scotland, seeTongland (gang area). For the village and clan joint real property in Hong Kong, seeSmall House Policy § Tso/Tong land.

Human settlement in Scotland
Tongland
Bridge over the River Dee designed by Thomas Telford, 1806.
Tongland is located in Dumfries and Galloway
Tongland
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Post townKIRKCUDBRIGHT
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54°51′49″N4°01′51″W / 54.8637°N 4.0307°W /54.8637; -4.0307

Tongland, also speltTongueland (/tʌŋlənd/)[1] is a small village about 2 miles (3 km) north ofKirkcudbright, in the historic county ofKirkcudbrightshire inDumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies on the west bank of theDee near its confluence with the Tarff Water.

Tongland Power station

History

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The factory where 'Galloway' cars were made

Tongland Abbey, a medievalPremonstratensian monastic community, existed here during the Middle Ages. The remains of Tongland Abbey are now within the churchyard just south of the main road.Tongland Church built in 1813, is now disused and in a state of ruin, although the graveyard is still in use.

The Dee is crossed shortly downriver by Tongland Bridge, a stone arch bridge constructed in 1806 by civil engineerThomas Telford.[2] Telford was assisted in the Works by resident civil engineer, A Blane.[2] There is also an earlier bridge dating to 1761 which is approximately 500 metres (550 yd) to the north-east.

Since the 1930s, Tongland has been the site of ahydro-electric power station, part of theGalloway Hydro Electric Scheme. The station used to be open to visitors during the summer months, since 2007 this has no longer been the case. Slightly earlier, between 1921 and 1922 'Galloway' cars were made in Tongland in a First World War factory staffed mainly by female apprentice engineers.[3] TheGalloway Engineering Company factory was originally completed in 1917 and was powered by its own hydro-electric scheme on the Dee.[4]

Since 2004, there have been several construction projects, with the site of a former garage now home to three new houses. There are also several more houses being constructed. In 2006, street lights were installed along the A711 which passes through the village.

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^Pointon, G. E., ed. (1990).BBC pronouncing dictionary of British names (2nd ed.). Oxford:Oxford University Press. p. 242.
  2. ^abGlover, Julian (2017).Man of Iron - Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain. London: Bloomsbury. p. 363.
  3. ^Clarsen, Georgine (1 September 2003). "'a fine university for women engineers': a Scottish munitions factory in world war I".Women's History Review.12 (3):333–356.doi:10.1080/09612020300200363.ISSN 0961-2025.S2CID 144837053.
  4. ^"Galloway Motors Limited. Tongland Engineering Works to be closed down".Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser and Galloway News. 3 March 1922.
  5. ^"Campbell Cowan Edgar, Department Of Antiquities".Dalrymple Crescent Families. Retrieved19 April 2021.
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