Sanquhar

Sanquhar, a town of Dumfriesshire, on the Nith, 26 miles NNW. of Dumfries. It has a ruined castle, was the birthplace of the 'Admirable' Crichton, and has many Covenanting memories—including the affixing to the cross of the two Sanquhar Declarations, by Richard Cameron in 1680 and by Renwick in 1685. The Corda of Ptolemy, Sanquhar was made a royal burgh in 1598, and with Dumfries, &c. returns one member. Pop. 1315. See James Brown's History of Sanquhar (Dumfries, 1891).