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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 46 - Parish of Maybole, OS1/3/46

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returns of the different farmers there are 20681 imperial, acres. There are a few chalybeate springs in the parish. The chief landowners are, The Marquis of Ailsa, J F Kennedy Esq of Dunure, Sir James Ferguson Bart. [Baronet] of Kilkerran, Elias Cathcart Esq of Auchendrane, L Kennedy Esq of Drummellan, Sir D.H. Blair.
" In common with other parts of Carrick, this parish", says the statistical account, " was traversed by the Romans, "who conquered the aborigines. It was "then successively overrun by the Northumbrians, the Scots and the Irish. It was "afterwards infested by the Danes and "Norwegians, and by the English during "the struggles of Wallace and Bruce".

Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 46 - Parish of Maybole, OS1/3/46

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Maybole.

Ordnance Survey - Ayr county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Ayr, which is in the south west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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