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  • Key Historical Events
    • Gateway to Ayrshire
    • Wars of Independence
      • Sir William Wallace
        • Blind Hary
      • Declaration of Arbroath
    • Covenanters
      • covenanters timeline
        • 1653: REVEREND HEW CRAWFORD
        • 1684: Proclamation for apprehension of persons
        • 1684: Interrogations of parishioners
    • Robert Burns
      • Robert Burns Trail
        • Afton Water
        • Auld Kirkyard & Rev. James Young
        • Castle Inn
        • Burns Statue & New Cumnock Mural
        • Old Mill and the McKnights
        • Cross Keys Inn
        • Laight & John Logan
        • Burns’ Cairn
        • Pencloe & Thomas Campbell
        • Polquhirter and Tibbie Pagan
        • Mansfield and Sir James Stuart Menteth
        • Merkland and Andrew Gibson
        • Corsencon Hill & River Nith
      • Catherine Gordon Stewart
      • William Simson
      • New Cumnock Burns Club
      • John Muir F.S.A. (Scot.)
  • Place-names
    • Place-Names: A
      • Afton Water
      • Ail-, Al-
      • Alhang
      • Alwhat
      • Ashmark
      • Auch-
      • Auchincally hill
      • Auchincross, Hall of Auchincross
      • Auchingee
      • Auchintow Hill
      • Auchtitench Lane
      • Auldnaw
    • Place-Names: B
      • bank, st. brydesbank
      • Barney Hill
      • Beoch
      • blackfarding
      • Bloweary
      • Blubber Well
      • Boig, Boigcurroch
      • Boltcraig hill, bolt craig, Bolt Burn,
      • Brockloch
      • Bught Knowe
      • burnton
    • Place-Names: C
      • Cameronsike
      • Chang Hill
      • Clints; Black, Merry
      • Craig-
        • Craigbraneoch Hill and Rig
        • Craigdarroch, craigdarroch rig
      • Crook
    • Place-Names: D
      • Dal-
        • dalricket
      • dow craig
      • Drumkalladyr
      • Duncan’s Burn
    • Place-Names: E
    • Place-Names: F
      • FARDEN, Farding
      • FARDENREOCH, FAIRDINGREOCH
      • Flush
      • FORDMOUTH
    • Place-Names: G
      • gall moss
      • gallowhill
      • GATEHEAD
      • Gateloch Craigs, GATELOCHSIDE
      • Grain Burn, Grains Burn
    • Place-Names: H
    • Place-Names: J
    • Place-Names: K
      • knocknarran hill
    • Place-Names: L
      • loch o’ the lowes
      • mansfield linn, Linn Burn, netherlinn & Upper linn
    • Place-Names: M
      • MARSHALLMARK
      • mossback
      • mounthope
    • Place-Names N:
    • Place-Names: O
    • Place-Names: P
      • pol-
    • Place-Names: Q
      • quarrel Quarry
      • QUINTIN KNOWE
    • Place-Names: R
    • Place-Names: S
      • Sike, Syke
      • stayamrie
      • STONY KNOWES hill
      • STONYKNOWES
    • Place-Names: T
    • Place-Names: U
    • Place-Names: W
      • WITCH kNOWE, wITCH pOOL
    • Place-Names: Y
    • Place-name: New Cumnock
    • Blaeu Map (1654)
  • Buildings
    • Castles & Houses
    • Churches
      • New Cumnock Parish Church
      • Reformed Presbyterian Church
      • New Cumnock Free Church
      • Bank Free Church
      • Afton Free Church
      • Baptist Church
      • St. Margaret’s R.C. Church
    • Town Hall
    • Bridges
      • Nith Bridge
  • People
    • Clergy
      • New Cumnock Parish Church
        • 01: Hew Craufurd
        • 02: James Gilchrist
        • 03: Thomas Hunter
        • 04: James Young
        • 05: William Reid
        • 06: Robert Craig
        • 07: Matthew Kirkland
        • 08: Robert E. Murray
        • 09: James Millar
        • 10: William Bodin
        • 11: Andrew Burnett
    • Heritors (Landowners): 1833
      • 01: Marquess of Bute
      • 02: Miss Honyman
      • 03: David Snodgrass Buchanan
      • 04: Sir James Stuart-Menteth
      • 05: Sir John Andrew Cathcart
      • 06: Misses Stewart
      • 07: Colonel McAdam Cathcart
      • 08: James Cuthbert
      • 09: George Ranken
      • 10: William McTurk
      • 11: William Howatson
      • 12: John Cathcart
      • 13: William Hyslop
      • 14. Alexander Farquhar Crawford
      • 15. Thomas Hunter
      • 16. John Allan
      • 17. John Gemmell
      • 18. William Farquhar
      • 19. William Campbell
      • 20: John Douglas Boswell
    • Valuation Rolls: 1855
  • Mining & Minerals
    • Coal Mining
      • Fatalities
        • Fatalities: 1840s
          • 1845-Apr-18: North Boig Pit
          • 1846-Dec-22: Mansfield Colliery
          • 1847-Dec-12: Nithsdale Iron Company
        • Fatalities: 1850s
          • 1851-Nov-21: Mansfield Colliery
          • 1856-Sep-30: Craigman Pit
          • 1859-Sep-05: Boig Pit
        • Fatalities: 1860s
          • 1862-May-21: Bank Pit
          • 1866-Feb-26: Bank Pit
          • 1867-May-31: Bank Pit
          • 1867-Aug-24: Coalburn Pit
          • 1868-Sep-11: North Boig Pit
        • Fatalities: 1870s
          • 1870-Aug-05: Boig Pit
          • 1871-Apr-15: South Boig Pit
          • 1872-Oct-25: Boig Pit
          • 1873-May-13: Lanemark No. 1
          • 1873-Oct-20: Boig No. 1
          • 1874-Oct-26: Lanemark No. 2
          • 1875-Feb-05: Lanemark Afton No. 1
          • 1876-Jan-20: Lanemark No. 1
          • 1877-Apr-22: Boig
          • 1877-Nov-20: Pathhead Colliery
          • 1878-Jan-31: Lanemark Pit
          • 1878-Jul-15: Lanemark No. 1
        • Fatalities: 1880s
          • 1880-Sep-25: South Boig Pit
          • 1881-Oct-06: Bank Pit
          • 1881-Dec-06: Bank Coal Company
          • 1884-Aug-27: Boigside Pit
        • Fatalities: 1890s
        • Fatalities: 1900s
        • Fatalities: 1910s
        • Fatalities: 1920s
        • Fatalities: 1930s
        • Fatalities: 1940s
        • Fatalities: 1950s
        • Fatalities: 1960s
      • Bank Pit Disaster 1938
      • Knockshinnoch Disaster 1950
        • The Rescue
        • The Rescued Men
        • Knockshinnoch: Hugh Blackwood
        • Knockshinnoch Memorial
        • The Saltcoats Salvationists
        • Collection: James McCulloch
        • Pathe News
    • Clay – Brick and Tile Works
      • Nithsdale Tile Works
    • Limeworks
      • Benston Limeworks
      • Mansfield Lime Works
        • Craigdullyeart
        • Hall of Mansfield
  • Sport
    • Football
      • Teams
        • Lanemark
      • Players

Category: placename

The Gudgick Stane , Temple Brae and Cairnhill

June 1, 2015 flowgently

Growing up in Dalhanna Drive, New Cumnock the usual route to head down the town was  by way of the shortcut in the spare ground

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Stamp Brae or Stank Brae?

July 3, 2014 flowgently

The main thoroughfare through the village of New Cumnock is known as Castle, named after Cumnock Castle, the ancient seat of the barons of Cumnock,

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What’s in a name? Gatelochside

February 26, 2013 flowgently

Gatelochside Burn and Gatelochside Bridge Modern day maps of the parish of New Cumnock show Gatelochside Burn running off the north face of The Knipe

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Place-name: River Nith

April 29, 2012 flowgently

Place-names of New Cumnock  Nith:  Welsh newydd ‘new, freshness’ The River Nith holds the unique distinction in Ayrshire of being the only major river that

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