River Esk, Dumfries and Galloway River Esk, Dumfries and Galloway The River Esk (), also called the Border Esk, is a river in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, that flows into the Solway Firth. It also flows for a small way through the English county of Cumbria before entering the Solway. The river rises in the hills to the east of Moffat and its two main tributaries, the Black Esk and the White Esk, merge at the southern end of Castle O'er Forest. It flows south east through Eskdale past Langholm before merging with Liddel Water (which defines the border between Scotland and England. Before passing
Tinwald, Dumfries and Galloway Tinwald, Dumfries and Galloway Tinwald is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland, lying a little north of Locharbriggs outside Dumfries. Tinwald is also the name of a civil parish in the county of Dumfriesshire. The village is near the former RAF Tinwald Downs which is the now the Dumfries Aviation Museum. The Church, built in 1769 on the foundations of an earlier church, is on the side of Tinwald Hill and visible from the A701 road. The Barony and Rectory of Tinwald, before and after the Reformation, belonged to the Maxwell family who appointed the vicars and later