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NEW CUMNOCK
Ayrshire
Directory - 1837 - by Pigot & Co
Is
a village and parish in the district of Kyle, 43 miles s of Glasgow, 21
se
of Kilmarnock, the like distance w by s of Ayr, 10 e by n of
Dalmellington,
12 w of Sanquhar, 24 nw of
Thornhill and 5 sw of
Cumnock.
The
parish which lies on the eastern boundary of that of Cumnock (or Old
Cumnock)
is in general hilly, and affords excellent pasture for sheep; but
there
are many spots of rich arable land. The
river Nith takes its rise in
the
south-west end of the parish, and runs through the centre of the whole;
and
there are several small lakes, the sources of the Lugar and
Afton.
Various
mines of coal are worked in this neighbourhood, the property of the
Marques
of Bute, G.S. Monteath, Esq and Miss
Stewart.
Black lead is also
procured
here, of a quality suitable for pencils; and lime abounds in
different
parts of the district. A new church
was erected in 1833 - a neat
and
well adapted building, sufficiently capacious for a congregation of a
thousand
persons; there are likewise a dissenting meeting-house and a
parochial
school. A subscription library was
established in 1828; it
contains
upwards of six hundred volumes. A
few years since a new road was
formed,
four miles in length, up the glen of
Afton; by continuing the line
six
miles further, a communication would be effected between this part of
Ayrshire
and the adjoining county of Galloway; which would shorten the
present
distance by twelve miles, all carriages being now obliged to take
the
circuitious route of Dalmellington. The
traces of an old castle, the
fosse
and ditch of which alone remain, are observable in this neighbourhood.
An
annual cattle-fair is held in the village on the Thursday immediately
previous
to Whitsuntide; but it has no weekly market.
Post
Office - William Pagon, Post master - Letters from the North arrive
(from
Old Cumnock) every day at twelve, and are despatched every morning at
seven.
- Letters from the South arrive (from Sanquhar) every morning at
seven,
and are despatched every day at twelve.
GENTRY & CLERGY
Hyslop,
Wm Esq of Blackcraig bank
Kirkland,
Rev Matthew, manse
Miller, Andrew, Laight
Wallace, John, Esq, Mansfield
PROFESSIONAL PERSONS
Ferguson,
Alexander, teacher
Gibson, Andrew, surgeon
Hunter, Thos, physician,
Polquhorter
Johnston, John, teacher
Munsie, Alexander, master of the Parochial
school
Penwick,
John Smith, teacher
Samson, Andrew, teacher
INNKEEPERS & VINTERS
Brown,
James
Crichton,
John
Dalziel,
Alexander (Castle)
Kirkland,
Alex
Laidlaw,
William
McKnight,
Agnes
(Crown)
Murdock,
Agnes
Wood,
David
SHOPKEEPERS & TRADERS
Arthur,
John, shopkeeper
Baird, Hugh, blacksmith
Black, Hugh, blacksmith
Brown, Andrew, blacksmith
Campbell, Archibald, blacksmith
Campbell, John, baker
Carradice, William, nail maker
Cooke, John, draper and tea dealer
Cowan, Henry, boot and shoe maker
Craig, Daniel, shopkeeper
Dempster, Alexander, shopkeeper
Gilmour,
Wm, joiner & cartwright
Gooldie, Jas, miller
Guthrie, Thomas, grocer, draper and spirit
dealer
Hayslop, John, shopkeeper
Houston, Wm, joiner & cartwright
Hunter, Alexander, watch maker
Kirkland, Alexander, shopkeeper
McDonald, Alexander, tailor
McDonald,
James, tailor
McKenzie, James, shopkeeper
Meggat, Robert, shopkeeper
Mellor, William, shopkeeper
Murdock, Hugh, shopkeeper
Murdock,
John, blacksmith
Murdock, John, mason
Pagan, William, farmer
Richard, John, shopkeeper
Russell, John, shoe maker
Stewart, John, joiner and cartwright
Strawhorn, John, baker
Walker, James, shopkeeper
Wyllie, Andrew, shopkeeper
COACHES
To
Carlisle and Dumfries - the "Independant" (from Glasgow), calls at the
Crown
Inn, every day at twelve; goes through Sanquhar and Thornhill
To
Glasgow - the "Independant" (from Carlisle), calls at the Crown Inn,
every
day at twelve; goes through Old Cumnock
CARRIERS
To
Ayr - James
Matthieson, every Tuesday and Friday
To
Dumfries - John & William
Robb, every Tuesday and thursday
To
Glasgow - James Campbell and
John Campbell, every Monday
To
Paisley - John Campbell, every Monday
To
Sanquhar - Jas
Matthieson, every Monday and James Campbell &
John
Campbell
every Friday
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