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THE population of the parish of Morton, 1871, was 2,099—the chief village, Thornhill, containing about one half of the population of the parish. The parish is situated on both banks of the Nith in the North of Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Yet sparse as is the population, and remote from the great commercial centres as is the district, it is supplied with a museum which well might grace a place of far more wealth and consequence. The building was erected by Thomas B. Grierson, and the collections in the museum were formed by him. The Duke of Buccleuch granted the land on which to build, together with stone. The memorial stone was laid with masonic honours in June 1869. The building, which was from the design of a local architect, is an oblong, consisting of a ground floor and gallery. The gallery is very appropriately supported by six oaks, as brought from the forest, being among the last of the natural woods of Nithsdale.
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SHAW, J. A Local Museum . Nature 15, 61–62 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/015061a0
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