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  • Key Historical Events
    • Gateway to Ayrshire
    • Wars of Independence
      • Sir William Wallace
        • Blind Hary
      • Edward II of England at Cumnock Castle
      • 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
      • BLACK BOG CASTLE and MOAT
      • blackfarding
      • Bloweary
      • Blubber Well
      • Boig, Bogecorroch, Boigcurroch
      • Boltcraig hill, bolt craig, Bolt Burn,
      • BRAEHEAD
      • Brockloch
      • bryds burn
      • Bught Knowe
      • BURNFOOT (of Carcow Burn)
      • burnton
    • Place-Names: C
      • Cameronsike
      • CASTLE HILL
      • CASTLE WILLIAM
      • Chang Hill
      • Clints; Black, Merry
      • Court Knowe
      • Crae Moss
      • CRAIG OF BAHOUN
      • Craig-
        • Craigbraneoch Hill and Rig
        • Craigdarroch, craigdarroch rig
      • Craigenrig Hag
      • 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
      • Gallows Knowe
      • Garepool, Garepool Burn
      • GATEHEAD
      • Gateloch Craigs
      • giant’s cave
      • GLENHASTEL
      • Gowkthorn Well
      • Grain Burn, Grains Burn
      • Guelt Water
      • Gullet Sike
    • Place-Names: H
      • HIGHMOUNT AND LOWMOUNT PLANTATIONS
      • House of Water
      • HUNGRY HILL
    • Place-Names: J
      • Jenny’s Thorn
      • Jock’s Hags
    • Place-Names: K
      • KNOCKBURNIE
      • knocknarran hill
    • Place-Names: L
      • Lane Burn
      • Lanehead
      • laneside
      • LIMEKILN BURN
      • Linn Burn, netherlinn & Upper linn, mansfield Linn
      • LITTLEMARK
      • Loch O’ Th’ Lowes
      • Lowes
      • Lowesmuir and Lowesmuir Mount
    • Place-Names: M
      • mansfield
      • March Burn (1)
      • MARCH BURN (2)
      • MARCH BURN (3)
      • MARCH BURN (4)
      • MARCHBURN
      • MARSHALLMARK
      • McLure’s Mill
      • Mitchell’s Sike
      • Moat Knowes, Moat Moss
      • mossback
      • mounthope
      • MUIRFOOT
    • Place-Names N:
      • Newhouse
    • Place-Names: O
      • OLD MARCH BURN
      • 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
      • Saddle Hags
      • Sandy SYke
      • Sandy Syke (2)
      • SEGGY BURN
      • Star Bog
      • stayamrie
      • STONY KNOWES hill
      • STONYKNOWES
      • Stot Sike
      • straid
      • Struther’s Brae
      • Sunny Sike
      • Sunnyside
      • SWINKEY BURN
    • 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

Tag: Robert Burns

Afton’s Laird and the Father of Auckland

January 24, 2014 flowgently

John Logan and Martha McAdam On the wall of Laight Farm in glorious Glen Afton in the parish of New Cumnock is a memorial plaque

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National Poetry Day and New Cumnock Herd Fair

October 3, 2013 flowgently

Today is National Poetry Day with a theme of water. This combination for most New Cumnockians would bring one work to mind  – our national

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Knockshinnoch Tower

March 14, 2013 flowgently

The two-storey tower house once stood  on the hill above the modern day farm of Knockshinnoch , close to the large clump of trees at

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O, Were I On Parnassus Hill

January 25, 2013 flowgently

O, Were I On Parnassus Hill O, were I on Parnassus hill, Or had o’ Helicon my fill, That I might catch poetic skill, To

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Thomas Campbell and his Robert Burns’ connections

January 24, 2013 flowgently

Thomas Campbell of Pencloe Thomas Campbell was baptised on the 4th April 1746, third born of Hugh Campbell and Agnes Logan of  Lanemark in the

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Covenanters, Coal and Robert Burns

December 4, 2012 flowgently

COVENANTERS The ancestral seat of the Gordons of Earlstoun stood a few miles north of St. John’s Town of Dalry in Kirkcudbrightshire. William, 3rd Gordon

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