SANQUHAR

E1000809

SANQUHAR is a small town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, known for its historic knitting tradition and one of the world’s oldest working post offices.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
SANQUHAR canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
church ⓘ
museum ⓘ
post office ⓘ
railway station ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
textile tradition ⓘ
town ⓘ
associatedWith Sanquhar ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
governedBy Dumfries and Galloway Council ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage hand knitting ⓘ
patterned gloves ⓘ
hasDialingCode 01659 ⓘ
hasHistoricBuilding Sanquhar Castle ⓘ
hasHistoricCountry Scotland ⓘ
hasHistoricCounty Dumfriesshire ⓘ
hasMuseum Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum ⓘ
linked to: Sanquhar Tolbooth
hasParishChurch Sanquhar Parish Church ⓘ
hasPostalCodeDistrict DG4 ⓘ
hasPostOffice Sanquhar Post Office ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Sanquhar railway station ⓘ
hasTraditionalIndustry agriculture ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
knownFor Sanquhar knitting patterns ⓘ
black and white geometric patterns ⓘ
historic knitting tradition ⓘ
locatedIn Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
Nithsdale ⓘ
linked to: Dumfriesshire

Sanquhar ⓘ
Sanquhar ⓘ
Sanquhar ⓘ
Sanquhar ⓘ
Southern Uplands ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Dumfries and Galloway Council Area ⓘ
locatedNear Kirkconnel ⓘ
New Cumnock ⓘ
Thornhill ⓘ
locatedOnRiver River Nith ⓘ
notableFor being one of the oldest continuously operating post offices in the world ⓘ
onRailwayLine Glasgow South Western Line ⓘ
partOf Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
representedInParliament Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
representedInScottishParliament Dumfriesshire (Scottish Parliament constituency) ⓘ
serves Sanquhar ⓘ
timeZone Europe/London ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime British Summer Time ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sanquhar → hasPostTown → SANQUHAR ⓘ
Kirkconnel → postTown → SANQUHAR ⓘ