Sanquhar is a town on the River Nith in Dumfriesshire in the District Council Region of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. It is a former Royal Burgh.
Sanquhar:- "the old seat".
It was also a Civil Parish in Dumfriesshire.
Wanlockhead had the highest houses in Scotland. Refer "Dumfriesshire" published 1912. by James King Hewison, M.A., D.D.. page 171.
Sanquhar Village is notable for its tiny post office (established in 1712), claimed to be the oldest working post office in the world.
It was also the place where the Covenanters, who opposed episcopalisation of the church, signed the Sanquhar Declaration renouncing their allegiance to the King, an event commemorated by a monument in the main street. The church of St. Brides contains a memorial to James Crichton, a 16th-century polymath.
The ruins of Sanquhar Castle stand nearby.
