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Margaret Campbell Kirkland Collection

Posted on March 19, 2017

I wish to offer my sincere thanks to Marion Gilliland for getting in touch through the New Cumnock Heritage Facebook to consider if I would be interested in a looking at collection of photos, documents etc. from New Cumnock’s past … Continue reading →

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New Cumnock Swimming Pool : 1st Season

Posted on November 17, 2016

Following the recent opening of New Cumnock Town Hall renovated and refurbished  by the Great Steward of Scotland Dumfries House Trust, the Trust’s attention turns to New Cumnock Swimming Pool.  The pool has enjoyed a rejuvenated lease of life under … Continue reading →

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Campbells of Dalhanna: Road Builders

Posted on September 30, 2016

Campbells of Dalhanna The Campbell family have a long association with the lands of Dalhanna (Over Dalhanna) in the lower reaches of Glen Afton in the parish of New Cumnock, legend has it perhaps from the times of Robert the … Continue reading →

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The Callan Family: Grocers and Engine-keepers

Posted on November 29, 2015

When strolling  through the Auld Kirkyard at New Cumnock take time to pay your respects to the Callan family. But what is their story? JOHN CALLAN WHO DIED AT GATEHOUSE CONNELBURN 10 DEC 1864 AGED 30 YEARS ALSO MARY HUNTER … Continue reading →

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Arthur Memorial Display

Posted on October 5, 2015

There’s a (fairly modern!) hymn that says, ‘The Church is not a building, the Church is not a steeple, the Church is not a resting place, the Church is people.’ Well, Arthur Memorial Church building, steeple and all have well … Continue reading →

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Gibson & Lees and Letters & Shoe Leather

Posted on June 16, 2015

The headstones of John Gibson, John Lees and their families can be found in the Auld Kirkyard, New Cumnock. Although, there is no information on either stone to suggest any connection between these two men, they raised their families in … Continue reading →

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Howatson of Craigdarroch

Posted on February 26, 2015

The headstone of Andrew Howatson of Craigdarroch and his family sits against the ruins of the Auld Kirk of New Cumnock in a place of note only a few yards from the lair of the Reverend Thomas Hunter, minister of … Continue reading →

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Andrew Gibson – Burns, Lapraik and the Irish Football Association

Posted on January 20, 2015

Howard Gibson from Victoria, Australia a descendant of Andrew Gibson ( surgeon in New Cumnock ) recently visited the Auld Kirkyard at New Cumnock and I had the pleasure of joining him in seeking out some of his ancestors family … Continue reading →

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Mother of the Cameronian Dreamer

Posted on January 18, 2015

At the top wall of the Auld Kirkyard near the Kirkport entrance is the family plot of John Lammie and his wife Margaret Lammie who lived at Sunnyside farm, New Cumnock. Margaret was the mother the celebrated poet James Hyslop, … Continue reading →

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Mansfield and Pathhead Collieries and the Auld Kirkyard

Posted on November 30, 2014

ROBERT KERR (1803-1864), Mansfield Colliery Robert Kerr was born in 1803 at Sanquhar the son of James Kerr (coal-agent) and Mary Milligan. He married Elizabeth Barrie and together they had four sons and two daughters, all born in Kirkconnel, where … Continue reading →

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