Place-names

Origins of the Place-Names of New Cumnock

The lands of the parish of New Cumnock sit strategically at the head of Nithsdale in the Southern Uplands a natural gateway to Ayrshire from the south. The Ancient Britons, Gaels, Angles, Scandinavian and Scots have all settled here leaving their signatures on the place-names of this large upland parish.

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Blaeu, Coila Provincia (1654) | Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland

Johan Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, Coila Provincia (1654)

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Place-Name: BPlace-Name: IPlace-Name: PPlace-Name: V
Place-Name: CPlace-Name: JPlace-Name: QPlace-Name: W
Place-Name: DPlace-Name: KPlace-Name: RPlace-Name: X
Place-Name: EPlace-Name: LPlace-Name: SPlace-Name: Y
Place-Name: FPlace-Name: MPlace-Name: TPlace-Name: Z
Place-Name: GPlace-Name: N