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The village, standing 238 feet above sea
-level, had a station on the Glasgow and South-Western railway, 11¾ miles NNW
of Dumfries, 2¾ SSE of Thornhill, and 80¼ SSE of Glasgow
Closeburn (Osbran's church) It is unclear whether Osbran of Ireland or Osbern of
England is the saint in question.
Natives of Closeburn were Dr John Hunter Born Pothouse Closeburn (1746-1837) and
the Rev. Dr Gillespie (1778-1844), both professors of humanity at St Andrews,
and Dr Aglionby Ross Carson (1780-1850), rector of Edinburgh High School; Rt.
Paterson (` Old Mortality ') has likewise been claimed, but really was born in
Hawick.
Closeburn has memories, too, of Burns, who around 1788 paid many a visit at the
old castle to Willie Stewart, the father of ` Lovely Polly, ' and factor to Mr
Menteth.
The Closeburn Village that exists Today was called Cross Roads about a mile from
this there was a place called Closeburn Town which boasted of a barons official
residence and a market cross nothing remains of this Closeburn Town except the
field where it stood is continued to be called Closeburn Town.
A highly decorated cross with beasts found at Closeburn, Dumfriesshire and now in Dumfries Museum, Dumfries.