Eastriggs

**Eastriggs** is a smaw veelage locatit in the historical coonty o Dumfriesshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, soothwast Scotland. The veelage is locatit aboot 2 mile north o the clartbaunks an the saundbanks o the chainel o the River Eden that stends wast intil the Solway Firth.

Traivelin bi road, Eastrigg is 3 mile til the east o Annan, 19 mile til the east o Dumfries, 5 mile til the wast o Gretna about 18 mile wast o Cairl an about 83 mile til the sooth o Edinburgh.

The B71 road rins throu Eastrigg an ither neebourin touns an veelages connectin til the nearby A75 road.

## History

Situatit in the pairish o Dornock in the tradeetional coonty o Dumfriesshire, Eastriggs appears tae hae taen its name fae the ferm, or ferm hoose, kent as *Eastriggs* that wis locatit in mid o whit wis tae become the new sattlement. The anely ither biggins in the aurie afore Warld War I wis a curn o hooses at Lowtherton (noo North Road, Lowtherton); a parpen curn on whit is noo the B721 road; an in an a smiddy whaur the East Road jynes the B721.

The sattlement o Eastriggs wis creatit as an upshot o the Shell Creesis o 1915 that gart the newly foondit Meenistry o Munitions tae creaut a new cordite warks.

Designatit offeecial HM Factory, Gretna, the warks wis spreid ower a 9-mile site streetchin fae Dornock throu Gretna tae Langtoon in Cumbria. This require't a muckle influx o labour, an 30,000 men an weemen cam fae aw ower the Commonweel o Nations tae serve as biggin wirkers an factory wirkers.

Sir Raymond Unwin, the Chief Hoosin Airchitect o the hoosin brainch o the Explosives Depairtment o the Meenistry o Munitions, designt widden hoosin for the wirkers in baith Eastriggs an Gretna. As a merk o respct for the immigrant wirkers, the streets wis name't efter various ceetys in the Commonweel.

## Governance

Eastriggs is in the UK pairlamentary constituency o Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweedale. David Mundell is the praisent Scots Conservative Pairty Member o Pairlament.

It is pairt o the Sooth Scotland region in the Scots Pairlament, bein in the constituency o Dumfriesshire. Oliver Mundell o the Scots Conservative Pairty is the MSP.

Afore Brexit, for the European Pairlament its residenters votit tae elect MEPs for the Scotland constituency.

## Kirk o St John the Evangelist

Designt in the Gothic style bi C M Crickmer unner the direction o Sir Raymond Unwin, the Kirk o St John the Evangelist wis dedicatit in 197 an wis propine't wi a signt altar beuk the follaein year bi Keeng George V an Queen Mary that wis veesitin HM Factory, Gretna.

## Rail transport

The Glasgow South Western Line connectin Cairl, Gretna Green, an Annan passes throu the praisently closed Eastriggs railwey station. This station is disuised, bit the're plans tae provide a smawer replacement on the line, that haes been upgradit fae single tae double track, enablin simultaenous passenger an fraucht traffeck.

## References

## Notes

* Reprinted one-inch Victorian Ordnance Survey Maps of Scotland (Sheet 6), *Annan & Whithorn*. 1st edition revised to 1896. Kyle of Lochalsh: Caledonian Maps. .
* Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (number 85) - 1:50,000 scale (1.25&nbsp;inches to 1 mile). .
* Ordnance Survey Explorer Map (number 323) - 1:25,000 scale (2.5&nbsp;inches to 1 mile)
* Ministry of Munitions of War, (1918). *H.M. Factory, Gretna: Description of Plant and Process*. Dumfries: J. Maxwell & Son for His Majesty's Stationery Office.
* Stratton, Michael and Trinder, Barrie (2000). *Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology*. London: E & FN Spon. .
* Video/DVD, (1994). *The Longtown Military Railway*. Carnfort

## Gailerie


File:Eastriggs_approached_from_the_east.JPG|Eastriggs, *The Commonweel Veelage*, fae the east.
File:Eastriggs approached from the west.JPG|Eastriggs fae the wast
File:Dornock and Eastriggs war memorial -24m2008.JPG|Dornock an Eastriggs war memorial


## External links

*Eastriggs Primary Schuil on annan.org.uk
*Eastriggs Primary Schuil on scottishschoolsonline.gov.uk