Place:Annan (town), Dumfriesshire, Scotland

NameAnnan (town)
Alt namesAnisandumsource: Orbis Latinus (1971) p 21
Annandi civitassource: Orbis Latinus (1971) p 21
TypeTown
Coordinates54.983°N 3.267°W
Located inDumfriesshire, Scotland     ( - 1975)
See alsoAnnan, Dumfriesshire, Scotlandparish in which the town of Annan was located until 1975
Dumfries and Galloway Region, Scotlandregional administration 1975-1996
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotlandunitary Council Area since 1996
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Annan is a town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. Historically part of Dumfriesshire, its public buildings include Annan Academy, of which the writer Thomas Carlyle was a pupil, and a Georgian building now known as "Bridge House". Annan also features a Historic Resources Centre. In Port Street, some of the windows remain blocked up to avoid paying the window tax.

Each year on the first Saturday in July, Annan celebrates the Royal Charter and the boundaries of the Royal Burgh are confirmed when a mounted cavalcade undertakes the Riding of the Marches. Entertainment includes a procession, sports, field displays and massed pipe bands. Annan's in America first migrated to New York and Virginia. Annandale Virgina is an early settlement which celebrates The Scottish Games annually.

The town is now located in the unitary authority called the Dumfries & Galloway Council Area.

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