Troqueer
"The name of the parish was written Troquire in the records of the kirk-session....
It comprises a space of 8 miles in length, and 5 miles in breadth; and has for its boundaries, Terregles on the north; New Abbey on the south; Lochrutton on the west; and the river Nith on the east....
The parish may be said to be divided into three distinct parts by three ranges of elevations....
The first range, which rises with a gradual acclivity from the river has long been in cultivation....
As it lies within the burgh-roods of Maxwelltown and contains a large portion of Maxwelltown....
The second elevation, which rises to a greater height than the first, and extends considerably father to the south, and is likewise under the plough, and yeilds crops of turnips and potatoes, hay and oats, wheat and barley of the best quality....
Maxwelltown, About twenty-one years ago it was errected into burgh of barony....
It stands opposite to the burgh of Dumfries, with which it is connected by two bridges. It stands on a bank or ridge circling along the edge of the river; and with its burrow-roods comprises a space of nearly a mile in length, and a half a mile in breadeth. " (Rev. William Thorburn, Minister)
New Statistical Account, Blackwood
