Terregles

Terregles (/ˈtɛrəɡəlz, ˈtrɛɡəlz/) is a village and civil parish near Dumfries, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the former county of Kirkcudbrightshire.

Terregles Scottish Gaelic: Tìr na h-Eaglaise
Terregles Parish Church
Terregles Location within Scotland
Lieutenancy area	Dumfries
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
List of places UK Scotland 55.079°N 3.676°W / 55.079; -3.676

The name Terregles, recorded as Travereglis in 1359,^[1] is from Cumbric *trev-ïr-eglẹ:s.^[2] *Trev refers to a settlement^[3] and *eglẹ:s is a borrowing of Latin ecclesia, 'church building'.^[2] (Modern Welsh Tref yr Eglwys/ Tref Eglwys). James argues that the name dates to no earlier than the 10th century.^[2]

The parish contains the ruins of Lincluden Collegiate Church and the site of Terregles House, once the seat of William Maxwell, last Earl of Nithsdale.^[4]

To travel to Terregles from Dumfries the main artery out of the town is Terregles Street. Terregles Street is home to Queen of the South F.C.'s football ground, Palmerston Park. Terregles Street become Terregles Road at the Summerhill area on the edge of Dumfries. As the name suggests Terregles Road is the road to the village of Terregles, around a further 2 miles away.

The parish includes the village of Terregles and surrounding rural area, but at the eastern end of the parish also includes Lincluden and adjoining areas which form part of the urban area of Dumfries. Part of the parish was included in the burgh of Maxwelltown, which was created in 1810 and abolished in 1929 when it was absorbed into the burgh of Dumfries. The part of the parish in the burgh was therefore transferred in 1929 from Kirkcudbrightshire to Dumfriesshire. The burgh of Dumfries was further enlarged in 1938 to take in the Lincluden area.^[5][6] The parish of Terregles therefore straddled the two counties from 1929 until further local government reform in 1975 abolished the administrative counties, and both parts of the parish became part of the Nithsdale district in the Dumfries and Galloway region.^[7] The whole parish has therefore been included in the Dumfries lieutenancy area since 1975.^[8][9][10]

See also

• Lord Herries of Terregles

List of listed buildings

List of listed buildings in Terregles, Dumfries and Galloway

References

1. Maxwell, Herbert (1991) [1930]. The Place Names of Galloway: Their Origin & Meaning Considered. Wigtown: G. C. Book Publishers Ltd. p. 258. ISBN 1872350305.
2. James, Alan G. (2014). "Elements of Latin Origin in P-Celtic Place-names between the Walls" (PDF). The Journal of Scottish Name Studies: 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2015.
3. James, Alan G. (2014). The Brittonic Language in the Old North: A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence (PDF). Vol. 2: Guide to the Elements. p. 361. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2014.
4.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Maxwelltown". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 930.
5. "Extension of Dumfries boundary". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 28 April 1938. p. 9. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
6. "Dumfries Burgh". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
7. "Ordnance Survey 1:25000 Administrative Area Map". National Library of Scotland. 1950. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
8. "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1973 c. 65, retrieved 22 November 2022
9. "The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1975", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1975/428, retrieved 25 November 2022
10. "The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1996/731, retrieved 25 November 2022