Sanquhar
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Sanquhar is a town on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. It is a former Royal Burgh.
Sanquhar from the south
The Sanquhar Declarations Monument
The oldest Post Office in the world
Sanquhar Tolbooth
Sanquhar Declaration
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The Sanquhar Declaration was a speech read by Michael Cameron in the presence of his brother, the Covenanter leader Richard Cameron, accompanied by twenty armed men in the public square of Sanquhar, S
Sanquhar
…and considered the oldest working post office in the world. It was also where the Covenanters, who opposed episcopalisation of the church, signed the Sanquhar Declaration renouncing their allegiance to the King, an event commemorated by a monument in the main street. The church of St Bride's contains a memorial to James…
Sanquhar Declarations Monument