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Parish of Langholm Sheet 45 No 11 Traces 1 & 2

The town is embosomed in one of the sweetest landscapes in Scotland, - neither extensive, romantic, nor grand, but in the strictest sence, beautiful. The old part of the town, or what is called Old Langholm, stands on the east bank of the Esk, immediately below the influx of the Ewes, and stretches southeastward along the Edinburgh and Carlisle road. It consists of one principle street, with a market-place nearits middle, Many of the houses are in a superior style for a place of its size; and all are roofed with blue slate. At the market-place stands the town-hall and jail built in 1811, ornamented with a spire , and hansome in appearance, and having in front a monument erected to Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm. On a rising ground behind the town stands the Parish-church. Several good shops enliven the street and the Crown Inn is well known to tourests, travellers, ans sportsmen, The New part of the town or New Langholm, stands on the west bank of the Esk immediately above the influx of Wauchope water and bestrides the road which leads from the town to Upper Eskdale. It consists of nearly 200 houses built in regular street arrangement in the form of a triangle. The inhabitants are mostly tradespeople, and pay a small quit rent for their house and garden. the town has two Woolen factorys, a distillery a brewery, and some dyehouses, also branch offices of the British Linen companys bank, and the National and Western Banks of Scotland. It was commenced in 1778 and is fewed from the Duke of Buccleuch