SANQUHAR

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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.

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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

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Sanquhar hasPostTown SANQUHAR
Kirkconnel postTown SANQUHAR