In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Beattock like this:
Beattock, a station in Kirkpatrick Juxta parish, Dumfriesshire, on the Caledonian, 33¾ miles SSE of Carstairs Junction, and 2 miles SSW of Moffat, with which it communicates by omnibus, and with which, according to a Bill now (1881) before Parliament, it is to be connected by a branch line, 15/8 mile long (capital £16,000 in £10 shares). ...
Situated in the vale of Evan Water, which is also traversed by the Glasgow and Carlisle highroad, it has in its vicinity Beattock Hill (851 feet), the Beattock Bridge hotel (where a great sale of Cheviot rams is held on the day before Moffat September tup fair), Beattock House, and Craigielands village, with a post office under Moffat.
Beattock through time
Beattock is now part of Dumfries and Galloway district. Click here for graphs and data of how Dumfries and Galloway has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Beattock itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beattock, in Dumfries and Galloway and Inverness Shire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22355
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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