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The town of Annan stands on the River Annan in the region of Dumfries and Galloway on the Solway Firth in the south of Scotland.
Annan served as a maritime town whose ship-building yards built many clippers and other boats. A cairn on the jetty commemorates Robert Burns, who worked as an exciseman here in the 1790s.
The writer Thomas Carlyle received his education at Annan Academy, a GeorgianGeorgian architecture is the name given in English-speaking countries to the classic architectural styles current between about 1720 and 1840, named after the four British monarchs named George. The Georgian styles succeeded the English Baroque of Sir Chr building now known as "Bridge House". The Town Hall, built in VictorianThe term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles during the Victorian era: Neoclassicism Gothic Revival Italianate Second Empire Neo-Grec Romanesque Revival (Includes Richardsonian Revival) Renaissance Revival Queen Ann style in 1878Events January Cleopatra's Needle arrives in London January 9 Humbert I becomes King of Italy January 23 Disraeli orders British fleet to Dardanelles January 28 The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States. January 31 Turk, uses the local sandstoneSandstone is an arenaceous sedimentary rock composed mainly of feldspar and quartz and varies in colour (in a similar way to sand), through grey, yellow, red, and white. Since sandstones often form highly visible cliffs and other rock formations, certain. Annan also features a Historic Resources Centre.
In Port Street, some of the windows remain blocked up to avoid paying the window taxThe window tax was a glass tax which was an important social, cultural, and architectural force in the United Kingdom during the 17th and 18th centuries. Glass making was costly and the use of glass for windows and other purposes was even costlier because.
Nearby, John Maxwell , 4th Lord HerriesLord Herries of Terregles is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The seventh Lord inherited the title Earl of Nithsdale and the titles remained united until the fifth earl was attainted in 1616. The title was, however, eventually restored in the nineteent, built Hoddom Castle (circa 1552Events April War between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun. October December Unsuccessful Siege of Metz by Charles V October 2 Khanate of Kazan falls to troops of Ivan IV of Russia Russia - 1565).
Annan Castle formed the original home of the 'de Brus' family, later known as "Bruce", which most famously produced Robert the Bruce.
Annan is the birthplace of politician Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney.
In the grounds of Annan Church, there is a statue of the preacher Edward Irving.
Another famous Scottish preacher, Robert Murray M'Cheyne, was ordained by the Annan Presbytery.