LANGHOLM-NEW, a village, in the parish of LANGHOLM,
county of DuMfrieS; adjoining the town of
Langholm, and ccmtaining 1057 inhabitants. This village,
delightfully situated on the west side of the river
Esk, near its confluence with the Wauchope, was erected
on ground leased by the Duke of Buccleuch, in 1778.
It consists of about 140 houses, constructed on a regular
plan, and to each of which is attached a portion of land,
varying in quantity according to the extent of the building,
and held at a low rent on lease for fourteen years;
the streets are lighted with gas, and the inhabitants are
amply supplied with water. A subscription library was
established in the year 1815. Facility of intercourse
with the burgh of Langholm, to which the village forms
a kind of suburb, is maintained by a handsome bridge
of three arches over the Esk. The trade of the place is
closely connected with that of Langholm; the cotton
and linen manufactures are largely carried on here, and
the principal articles made are stockings, stuffs, serges,
and black and white plaids. See Langholm.