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FENWICK
Ayrshire Directory - 1837 - by Pigot & Co
Is
a parish in the district of
Cunningham, about nine miles in length and
six
in breadth. At a former period the district was a fen or moss, and hense
it is supposed to have acquired its name; but it has undergone most material
improvement, and the greater proportion of the parish is now under cultivation.
The
Kirktown of Fenwick
is cheerfully situate on the banks of the
Mabernock stream, and on the road from
Glasgow
to
Kilmarnock
- 18 miles
sw
of the former, and about three n by e of the latter town.
There is another
village, sometimes called
Rose-Fenwick, on the same road, about a
quarter
of a mile south from the Kirktown. Guthrie,
a noted champion of the covenant
before and after the reformation, was the minister of this parish; he
was a celebrated and very eccentric preacher, distinguished by the title of
"the Fool of Fenwick", an appellation which even appeared on the
title-pages
of his published sermons. The
places of worship are a church of the
establishment, and one for a united seccession congregation.
The principal
landowners are the
Dowager Marchioness of Hastings, the
Earl of Glasgow,
and
William H Crawford Esq. Cattle
fairs are held on the first
Wednesday
in May, and the first Tuesday in November.
Post
- Letters arrive from and are despatched to
Kilmarnock, daily.
GENTRY AND CLERGY
Crawford,
William H, Esq (of Crawford), Land
castle
Ferguson,
Rev Robert, Manse
Mitchell,
Jas, esq, of
Darwhilling
Orr,
Rev William, United Seccession Church
Smith,
William, esq, of
Hillhouse cottage
PROFESSIONAL PERSONS
Currie,
James, Stevenston, surgeon
Fairlie, John, schoolmaster
Mitchell, Alexander, schoolmaster
Nelson,
William L, schoolmaster
Taylor, John, surgeon
Thomson,
James, professor of dancing and music,
Hall house
Wallace,
James, schoolmaster
VINTERS
Allan,
James
Allan,
John
Wallac,
James
Wyllie,
Janet
SHOPKEEPERS AND TRADERS
Baird,
John, baker
Bicket,
Hugh, grocer
Borland,
Alexander, grocer
Boyd, James, grocer
Fulton, Alexander, grocer
Gilmore, Robert, tailor
Lockhart, James, grocer
Orr, Robert, tailor
Sinclair
& Galt, cartwrights
Thomson, Hugh, grocer
Thomson, William, stocking maker
Wallace, Jas, stone mason
Wallace,
John, smith and plough wright
Young,
William, joiner
COACHES
To
and from Glasgow and
Kilmarnock, pass through daily.
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