1. Acknowledgements
See here for acknowledgements, in particular to:
- The Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser, the local newspaper.
- The Langholm Archive Group, an online resource.
- The Langholm Library Trust, which manages the local reference library.
2. Datasets
- Cast of main characters in the Diary (a year in the life of the town)
- Census index
- Langholm Roll of Honour, January 1916
- Organisations index
- People index, with links to family trees [to be added]
- Valuation roll 1915
3. Maps
- Google map [to be updated soon]
- Ordnance Survey map: Dumfriesshire XLV.NE; survey date 1898; published 1900 (National Library of Scotland website)
- Ordnance Survey map: Dumfriesshire XLV; survey date 1857; published 1862 (National Library of Scotland website)
4. Reference
- History of Langholm, Gazetteer for Scotland (1880s)
- Slater’s Directory (1903) [to be added]
5. Names
An introduction to local family and place names.
6. Eskdale pioneers
The Esk Valley (or ‘Eskdale’) has produced some remarkable pioneering individuals and organisations in numerous fields: see here.
7. Learnings
Key learnings from this project.
8. Sources