Dumfries & Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway is in the main a farming area, traditionally known for its skinners, dyers, glovemakers and shoemakers, as well as its ports. Manufacturers established footholds in the region, such as car maker Arrol-Johnston, which was based at Heathhall and worked on one of Donald Campbell’s Bluebird cars. The North British Rubber Company was also at Heathhall, while Rosefield Mills flourished here from the late 1800s. Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) had a munitions factory at Powfoot, near Annan, and a plastics factory at Cargenbridge, near Dumfries, and Nestlé also ran its Carnation Milk factory here, known locally as ‘The Carnation’.

The Crichton Royal Hospital wasin 1844, to which patients contributed; and a museum was established in 1846.” You can explore the hospital’s records at .