A fun filled amateur choir based in ayrshire, scotland. History of dreghorn in north ayrshire gazetteers and. Old alloway, coylton, craigie, crosbie troon, dundonald, monkton, newton green cemetery ayr, six kyle graveyards includes barnweill, culzean, coodham, fairfield, newtononayr and st. These cottages are fairly unique in that they were built as a miners row and have survived. These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about dreghorn. Ayrshire notes a list of the contents of recent volumes of this publication to be extended to all volumes. Come and join a library book group to read something different and share your thoughts with other likeminded people. The files are in the format originally sent, if you do not have the appropriate software, then i recommend you obtain a file viewer programme like quickview plus.
The youngs farmed in doura mains farm roddinghill farm kilmaurs mains farm broomlands farm assloss farm. Apparently he worked in a number of mines in ayrshire and renfrewshire. For cities, the associated administrative units will usually include parishes, especially ecclesiastical parishes, one of. Browse 4 photo books on dreghorn and the surrounding area. In 1841 there were 11 dreghorn families living in ayrshire. Book group dreghorn library north ayrshire community. Although updated from the original arnold mcjannets history of irvine it contains irvine updated but this is by the council of north ayrshire and lacks so much of the real personality of irvine. This group takes place the first thursday of each month from 6. Irvine, perceton, perceton house is a category b listed building in dreghorn, north ayrshire, scotland. To learn more about how to use these records to search for your ancestors, go to the scotland. Details of these can be found at ayrshire online family history. Dreghorn, north ayrshire is a small, quiet village 2 miles east of irvine. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. Archaeologists uncover ayrshire village ancient history.
Ayrshire, bruce and bannockburn south ayrshire history. See all books memories of dreghorn read and share your memories of dreghorn itself or of a particular photo of dreghorn. This is a guide to the history and major genealogical records of scotland as they pertain to the parish of dreghorn. There is also everything you didnt know you didnt know. It has a railway station, a post office with money order and savings bank departments, shops, an established church, an evangelical union church, and a public school.
We read all types of books and then discuss them over a cuppa. The scottish and local history library is located on the first floor of the carnegie library in ayr. You may be able to find further references to dreghorn in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a fulltext search here. Perceton row miners cottages and some local history. If you like reading and discussing books why not come along and join us. Irbhinn is an ancient settlement, in medieval times a royal burgh, and now a new town on the coast of the firth of clyde in north ayrshire, scotland. Robbie cunningham, 20, of dreghorn, ayrshire, sent five boys aged 11 to 14 explicit facebook messages.
Found by urban ostlund who states the brick was found in a storehouse for paper or pulp which was destroyed in a fire on the 4th of august 1955 and that was the end of the paper manufacturing in furuogrund bourtreehill fireclay works, dreghorn, ayrshire. The dreghorn family name was found in the usa, and scotland between 1840 and 1920. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. I have lots of strachan ancestors living here at the. This place is situated in north ayrshire, scotland, scotland, united kingdom, its geographical coordinates are 55 36 0 north, 4 37 0 west and its original name with diacritics is dreghorn. Ayrshire, bruce and bannockburn posted on june 26, 2014 by south ayrshire libraries robert the bruces defeat of edward ii of england at bannockburn on 24 june 14 was the most spectacular event in his colourful career, a career which had its origins in what is now south ayrshire. If you have pictures of your town from a bygone age, why not contact us and make them part of our local history. Dreghorn man faces jail after grooming boys following meetings at ice rinks a man who groomed a string of boys for sex after meeting them at skating rinks is facing jail.
Ayrshireroots historical ayrshire history and prehistory. A truly comprehensive collection of family research sites. Some material previously held by ayrshire archives is now available by appointment at the burns monument centre, kilmarnock. Sold house prices in dundonald road, dreghorn, irvine, ayrshire, ka11.
New sites a village in ayrshire has discovered that it could be the oldest continuouslyoccupied settlement in scotland, dating back 5,500. Dreghorn cemetery in dreghorn, north ayrshire find a grave. When practicing as a veterinary surgeon in belfast, in 1887 he invented pneumatic tyres for bicycles. Asylum records index to the general register of lunatics in asylums. North ayrshire yesterdays is an online archive containing digitised images of postcards and photographs of north ayrshire through the years. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the information option, and then clicking on your location. For more information, see the en wikipedia article dreghorn. The parish of dreghorn, or rather the united parishes of dreghorn and percietown sic, are situated in the presbytery of irvine, and synod of glasgow and ayr. Jan 24, 20 pictures are proving popular, so ill add what i can. Aug 19, 2016 dreghorn is a village in north ayrshire, scotland, 3. Agnes murthland married my great great great great grandfather james young 16. The memorial inscriptions are held at the north ayrshire district library in ardrossan which will accept email enquiries some.
Southhook fireclay works, dreghorn, kilmarnock, east ayrshire. Taylor family history,family tree,scottish genealogy,ayrshire. John boyd dunlop was born at a dreghorn farm on 5 february 1840. Their collections include census returns, old parish records, monumental inscriptions, books, local newspapers, photographs, maps and historical documents. Dreghorn professional family history, family trees, genealogy, house and ancestry research service by professional genealogist uk and local history research. Does anyone have any links to the murthland or young family trees.
This is in station road, a hundred yards from the parish church. Dreghorn photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Dreghorn, north ayrshire local area information, map, walks and more. The most dreghorn families were found in and scotland in 1841and scotland in 1851and scotland in 1861and scotland in 1871and scotland in 1881and scotland in 1891and scotland in 1901.
Use the map to find hotels in the dreghorn neighborhood you prefer. Use rightmove online house price checker tool to find out exactly how much properties sold for in dundonald road, dreghorn, irvine, ayrshire, ka11 since 2000 based on official registers of scotland data. Pictures are proving popular, so ill add what i can. There is one central location for ayrshires archives. The town of irvine is at least 1,000 years old, and has accumulated a whole load of history in that time, this section deals with some of it.
The local historian covering north ayrshire is jill mccoll, her email address is on the main page and her address is. This record set contains 51 entries in pdf format, and has not, as far as we are aware, been published before. The station was originally part of the glasgow, paisley, kilmarnock and ayr railway. Craigie, old cumnock, new cumnock, dailly, dalmellington, dalry, dalrymple, dreghorn. Lookup searches access records in scottish archives for ancestors in this parish e. Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for dreghorn. Their headstone is at the threepenny parish church in dreghorn s front door. Margarets, john street, ayr, the secessionist graveyard king street, ayr, st. Nicola sturgeons hometown april 23, 2015 recently the guardian newspaper sent one of its big city reporters to the village of dreghorn in our humble shire to dig up background for a profile piece on scottish nationalist party leader, nicola sturgeon, one of our local lassies who made good. History dreghorn was the site of a significant neolithic settlement, and subsequently a medieval village.
Contact the participating library to join and reserve the next book. The parish churchyard, the first older public cemetery, and the second new public cemetery extension on the east side of station brae. James was born in johnstone, renfrewshire, scotland in 1832. Each local authority has established a local and family history centre. They may well include the names of other locations or areas. We are adding hundreds of thousands of extracted historical records to our website including rolls of male heads of families.
And a long history full of dramatic stories, lore and legend. House prices in dundonald road, dreghorn, irvine, ayrshire. Original documents from ther archive and books from ther extensive library can be consulted in the reading room at raf museum. Tour scotland wee video of old photographs of dreghorn is a village in north ayrshire. The society was first formed in september 1992 with 28 people who were interested in singing. John strachan, third cousin twice removed, was born in dreghorn, son of james strachan and mary lindsay and greatgrandson of my gggg uncle robert strachan. Dreghorn was the site of a significant neolithic settlement, and subsequently a medieval village. Ayrshire records genealogy and family history in scotland. Dreghorn parish records genealogy and family history in.
These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with dreghorn, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. Poor law appeals indexed poor law appeals with the option to order images of records. If you would like to help please contact email address below. Townhead of lambroughton is a category b listed building in dreghorn, north ayrshire, scotland. The taylor genealogy site, tracing the family history of the taylor, bell, blair, and smith families from dreghorn, saltcoats, irvine, prestwick and ayr, ayrshire, scotland. The line forms part of national cycle route 73, and the site of the station is marked by signs at the junction with station brae, dreghorn. Possibly because there was the influence of many who had arrived from glasgow and the like but had no old irvine background. Search the phone book from bt to find contact details of businesses across the uk.
Dreghorn north ayrshire, scotland, united kingdom with population statistics, charts, map, location, weather and web information. Southhook fireclay works, dreghorn, kilmarnock, east. Dreghorn is a village in north ayrshire, scotland, 3. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of dreghorn. Staff, pupils and parents are proud of our school and work in close partnership to. Ayrshire genealogy records genealogy and family history. John was born in dreghorn, became a miner, married jemima barrie and lived in bannockburn, stirlingshire and then back in ayrshire. I have a photograph of the gravestone in dreghorn cemetery that i would like to pass on. Run by enthusiastic anglers for the benefit of all members. The crown inn dreghorn 3840 main street, ka11 4ah dreghorn rated 4. Ayrshire bibliography a general index of over 600 books about ayrshire. The 2011 census recorded the towns population at 33,698 inhabitants, making it the largest settlement in north ayrshire.
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of stone age houses in the middle of dreghorn near irvine. Dreghorn cemetery in dreghorn, north ayrshire find a. Extraction of baptisms for ardrossan st johns free church 1846 1855. Each town has a link to the appropriate oldmap site where you can explore the town and surrounding area as it was in 1860. Growing up, after age five, in the home of a stepfather, andrew dunsmore, jimmie entered the coal mines for hire at the age of nine years. The villages most famous inhabitant, john boyd dunlop, was born at a dreghorn farm in 1840. The village of dreghorn, four and a half miles west of kilmarnock, stands on the brow of a descent to the west, commanding a fine view of the sea. We hold a wealth of free resources for anyone who is researching their family tree or studying the local history of the area. Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of dreghorn, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. This one is of perceton row, near dreghorn in ayrshire. The population development of dreghorn as well as related information and services weather, wikipedia. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. Past discoveries is a genealogical and family history research company offering a friendly and efficient service to those who wish to find out more about their family history. Please telephone 01292 521 819 or email monday to friday to make an appointment.
Dreghorn, a separate village on the outskirts of irvine, appears to contain archaeological remains dating back to the first incursions of humanity into scotland. Perceton row, dreghorn old coal miners cottages judys. If you are an archivist or custodian of this archive you can use the archive update form to add or update the details in discovery. Dreghorn, north ayrshire area information, map, walks and more. Use the filters to see hotels in a specific area of dreghorn, select a specific theme, brand, or hotel class from basic 1 star to luxury hotels 5 stars in dreghorn. Find ancestors born in or around dreghorn, ayrshire, nationwide plus military records or trace war graves. Single mothers often took the fathers of their children to court for child support. Welcome to dreghorn primary school a message from mrs emma reeves head teacher dear parents carers, i would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to dreghorn primary school and thank you for entrusting us with your childs education. North ayrshire family history society resource page.
Dreghorn book club north ayrshire community planning. Irvine, perceton, perceton house, dreghorn, north ayrshire. Ayrshire history all that befalls you is part of the great web, marcus aurelius, as quoted by jeeves in the mating season by p. The company which was incorporated as a private company november 1935, under the title bonnyton potteries limited, was converted into a public company on 2nd december 1935 and has agreed to acquire from the kilmarnock trust limited now voluntary liquidation as. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. Perceton row, dreghorn old coal miners cottages judy. Enter your travel dates to view the best deals on hotels in dreghorn while they last.
Dreghorn was under the probate jurisdiction of the commissary court of glasgow until 1823, and since then has been under the sheriffs court of ayr. Free historical records for dreghorn parish in ayrshire. Jill mccoll local history librarian library headquarters 3941 princes street ardrossan ayrshire scotland ka22 8bt tel. Its principal towns include ayr, kilmarnock and irvine and it borders the counties of renfrewshire and lanarkshire to the northeast, dumfriesshire to the southeast, and. There is one central location for ayrshire s archives. Local and family history library south ayrshire council. Dreghorn railway station was a railway station serving the village of dreghorn, north ayrshire, scotland. The book covers the ayrshire coast from north to south. Dreghorn cemetery commonwealth war graves commission. Some of the articles will be available on the ayrshire history web site. It is hoped eventually to have old and new views of all the ayrshire towns together with details of their past industries and history. The following people have kindly donated genealogy related data they have collected, above each link it will state whether it is for a names in what townparish.
Help needed to source old pictures, postcards or photographs, interesting articles or the history of dreghorn. Well, you can tell him from me that hes an ass, bertie wooster, ibid. Old photographs dreghorn ayrshire scotland youtube. They are having to rewrite their local history in dreghorn.
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