Langholm

Langholm, a market-town of Dumfriesshire, at the junction of Ewes and Wauchope Waters with the Esk, 23 miles SSW. of Hawick, and 22 (by a branch-line) N. of Carlisle. Near the town-hall is a marble statue of Admiral Sir Pultney Malcolm (1768-1838), and on White Hill an obelisk to his brother, General Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833). Shepherd's plaid and tweeds have been manufactured since 1832. In 1890 Thomas Hope, a New York merchant and native of Langholm, left £80,000 to found a hospital here. Langholm is a burgh of barony (1643), under the Duke of Buccleuch, whose seat, Langholm Lodge, is close by. On the site of the town the Douglasses were defeated in the battle of Arkinholt (1455). Pop. (1831) 2264; (1881) 4209; (1891) 3643.