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Cargenbrig is a clachan locatit in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It is soothwast o Dumfries.[1]
Cargenbrig taks its name fae a brig ower the Cargen Water. The name gans back tae at least 1753, whan 'Cargen bridge croft' is recordit in the Kirkcudbrightshire land tax roll.[2] Cargen itsel cuid be fae sundry Cumbric roots. It micht be a compund o cajr 'enclosed, defensible site'[3]:49 an ane o the follaein wirds, whilk maist likely refer tae an arelier name fur Cargen Water:[3]:52
On the ither haun, it micht be fae the root carreg 'a stane, a stany bit' + the suffix -an[3]:64 or Gaelic carraigín 'wee stane'.[3]:64[4]:58
Cargenbridge is recordit as a 'village' in 1848 in the entry fur 'Cargen Bridge Smithy' in the Ordnance Survey Name Book.[5] In 1962, it is recordit that the population quadrupled follaein the biggin o 36 new local authority hooses.[6]:307-308
Despite bein nar tae Dumfries, Cargenbrig steyed in Kirkcudbrightshire whan pairt o Troqueer parish wis taken intae Dumfriesshire as pairt o the jynin o the burghs o Dumfries an Maxwelltoun. The extension o the marches o the coonty o Dumfriesshire ower the River Nith didnae come as far as Cargenbrig.[6]:305
Curriestanes cursus, a muckle Neolithic biggin noo anely tae be seen as a crop merk, sits jist abuinthe clachan.[7] It is, alang wi Pict's Knowe, ane o twa scheduled monuments in Troqueer parish.[8]
The areliest schuil nar Cargenbridge was Doweel schuil, apened at the stert o the echteent century. The Rev. William Somervell (died 1698), meenister o Troqueer parish, left siller tae stert the schuil. Thon became Drumsleet, a twa-dominie schuil. Baith Drumsleet an the ane-dominie Whinnyhill schuil wir made redundant in 1959 whan Cargenbrig secondary and primary schuil apened. The biggin, described in 1962 as a "very modern school", wis apened in October by the Earl of Galloway.[9]:307 It wis designed by Eric W. Hall.[10]:160 The auld Drumsleet schuil became a community centre.[6]:308 In 1962 the primary schuil had three dominies an 80 scholars an the secondary schuil had 14 dominies an 144 scholars.[9]:307 The secondary schuil wis shut atween September 1982 and September 1984.[11] The current Cargenbrig Primary schuil biggin wis apened in 2009.[12]:6
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