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Margaret Campbell Kirkland Collection
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
New Cumnock Swimming Pool : 1st Season
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
Campbells of Dalhanna: Road Builders
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
The Callan Family: Grocers and Engine-keepers
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
Arthur Memorial Display
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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Howatson of Craigdarroch
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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Tagged Berbice, British Guiana, Campbell, Craigdarroch, Cronberry, Cumnock, Currie, Glaisnock Cottage, Glenbuck, Howatson, Jamaica, Kingston, McGeachin, Monthraw, New Cumnock, Pencloe, Reid, Trinidad
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Andrew Gibson – Burns, Lapraik and the Irish Football Association
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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Tagged Andrew Gibson, Janet Lapraik, John Lapraik, New Cumnock, Robert Burns, William Kennedy Gibson
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Mother of the Cameronian Dreamer
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 of the celebrated poet James … Continue reading
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Tagged Airdsmoss, James Hyslop poet, Lammie, New Cumnock, New cumnock Auld Kirk
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Mansfield and Pathhead Collieries and the Auld Kirkyard
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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Tagged Archibald Gray, James Gray, Mansfield Colliery, Pathhead Colliery, Patthead Oil Works, Robert Kerr
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