Tinwald, Scotland
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Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
, Scotland, lying a little north of Locharbriggs outside Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
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Tinwald was the birthplace of William Paterson
William Paterson (banker)
Sir William Paterson was a Scottish trader and banker.- Early life :...
, who helped to found the Bank of England
Bank of England
The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in the world...
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The town is near the former RAF Tinwald Downs
RAF Tinwald Downs
RAF Tinwald Downs was a former Royal Air Force station located near Tinwald, Scotland. The airfield opened on 17 June 1940 and was sold in 1960 to a private firm.The disused airfield is now used as the Dumfries Aviation Museum.-History:...
which is the now the Dumfries Aviation Museum.