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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-, Aill-
      • Alhang; ALHANG BURN
      • Alwhat; Alwhat Burn
      • Ashmark
      • Auch-
      • Auchincally hill
      • Auchincross, Hall of Auchincross
      • Auchingee
      • Auchintow Hill
      • Auchtitench Lane
      • Auldnaw BURN & GLEN
    • Place-Names: B
      • bank, st. brydesbank
      • Barney Hill
      • Beoch
      • blackfarding
      • Bloweary
      • Blubber Well
      • Boltcraig hill, bolt craig, Bolt Burn,
      • Brockloch
      • bryds burn
      • Bught Knowe
      • burnton
    • Place-Names: C
      • Cameronsike
      • CASTLE HILL
      • Chang Hill
      • Clints; Black, Merry
      • Crae Moss
      • Craig-
        • Craigbraneoch Hill and Rig
        • Craigdarroch, craigdarroch rig
      • Crook
    • Place-Names: D
      • Dal-
      • Dalhanna
      • dalricket
      • dow craig
      • Drumkalladyr
      • Duncan’s Burn
    • Place-Names: E
      • ERN CLEUCH
    • Place-Names: F
      • FARDEN, Farding
      • FARDENREOCH, FAIRDINGREOCH
      • Faulds Moss
      • Flush
      • FORDMOUTH
    • Place-Names: G
      • gall moss
      • gallowhill
      • garepool, GAREPOOL BURN
      • GATEHEAD
      • Gateloch Craigs
      • giant’s cave
      • GLENHASTEL
      • Gowkthorn Well
      • Grain Burn, Grains Burn
      • Gullet Sike
    • Place-Names: H
      • House of Water
    • Place-Names: J
      • Jenny’s Thorn
    • Place-Names: K
      • KNOCKBURNIE
      • knocknarran hill
    • Place-Names: L
      • Lanehead
      • laneside
      • Linn Burn, netherlinn & Upper linn, mansfield Linn
      • loch o’ the lowes
    • Place-Names: M
      • mansfield
      • March Burn (1)
      • MARSHALLMARK
      • McLure’s Mill
      • Mitchell’s Sike
      • mossback
      • mounthope
    • Place-Names N:
    • Place-Names: O
      • Otter Sike
    • Place-Names: P
      • PALMSIKE BURN
      • PEAT Sike
      • pol-
    • Place-Names: Q
      • quarrel Quarry
      • QUINTIN KNOWE
    • Place-Names: R
      • Reeve Craigs
      • Reeve Knowe
    • Place-Names: S
      • Sandy SYke
      • Sandy Syke (2)
      • stayamrie
      • STONY KNOWES hill
      • STONYKNOWES
      • Stot Sike
      • straid
      • Sunny Sike
      • Sunnyside
    • Place-Names: T
      • the Knipe, Knipe hill
    • Place-Names: U
    • Place-Names: W
      • Waterhead Castle & Waterhead Farm
      • whitelaysyke
      • WITCH kNOWE, wITCH pOOL
    • Place-Names: Y
    • Place-name: New Cumnock
    • Blaeu Map (1654)
  • Antiquities
    • Coin Hoards
  • 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
        • 12: JAMES WAUGH
        • 18: Helen Cuthbert
    • 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
    • BOWLING
      • William Blackwood
    • Football
      • Teams
        • Lanemark
      • Players
        • William McDonald

Place-Names: U

PLACE-NAMESSUGGESTED MEANING
Upper BeochSee Beoch
Upper Linn See Linn Burn (1)
PLACE-NAMESSUGGESTED MEANING

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