Six hotels and an entertainment hall.
| Hotel | Owner | Tenant | Tenant’s Birthplace | Years as Tenant | Military Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buccleuch Hotel | Executors of late John Connell | James Connon | Lecropt, Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, | Son Alexander, 1/5th KOSB | |
| Buck Hotel | Trustees of the late George Grant | Annie Grant | Foston, Lincolnshire | 8 (family 20) | Sons Hardy and John, 1/5th KOSB; Hardy killed 24 August 1915 in Dardanelles |
| Commercial Hotel | Andrew Thomson, 36 Bolton Road, Stratford, London | William Allen | Kirkaldy, Fifeshire | 9 | No children |
| Crown Hotel | Trustees of the late Adam Watt | Barbara Younger | Dunblane, Perthshire | 2 (family ?) | Son George, Royal Highlanders |
| Douglas Hotel | William Wyper, 27 Craighouse Terrace, Edinburgh | Elizabeth Watt | Jedburgh, Roxburghshire | 2 (family 14+) | Son James, 5th KOSB; stepson Alexander, Scots Greys, killed 27 January 1916 in France; stepson Henry, 2nd Life Guards |
| Eskdale Temperance Hotel | William Douglas | William Douglas | Tynron, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire | 30 | No children |
| Buccleuch Hall | Thomas, Frank and John Milligan (brothers) | Robert Milligan (brother) | Langholm, Dumfriesshire | 5? (family 21? Total 26) | Thomas’s son Robert, Highland Light Infantry, killed 1 December 1917 in Belgium; Thomas’s son Thomas, 1/5th KOSB |
* Split between Langholm and Ewes parishes
1899 E&L. Report of three local hotel keepers charged with giving short measures, all fined 10s in each case. William Cockburn, Douglas Hotel, Mrs Learmount, bar staff Douglas Hotel, Janet Davidson or Keir, Commercial Hotel, Adam Watt, Mrs Watt, Crown Hotel, Mr McGeorge. Daniel Gillies McKirdy, asssistant inspector of weights and measures for county of Dunfries and burgh of Langholm.