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Suggestions include ‘meeting of the waters’ or ‘little shrine’ from the Gaelic. By the 1300s the Barony of Cumnock was associated with the Dunbar family, the Earls of March. The seat of the barony, Cumnock Castle, was actually situated in New Cumnock which still has a place name Castle. But the parish church was always in Old Cumnock, and may date back to the 1400s or earlier. In 1509 James IV made Cumnock a burgh of barony, conferring the right to hold weekly markets and an annual fair. Positioned at an important crossroads, Cumnock capitalised on its new status and became a thriving market town and stopping off point for weary travellers. The Barony of Cumnock was sold by John Dunbar of Cumnock in about 1602 and after several owners came into the possession of the Earl of Dumfries in the mid 1600s. At this time the town was caught up in the violence that accompanied the religious and social upheavals of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The town expanded during the late 1700s – new roads and bridges allowed easier access into, and through Cumnock, to the benefit of the many inns and hotels in the Welcome to Old Cumnock town. Textile manufacturing also flourished. Handloom weaving provided employment for many residents of Cumnock has a rich historical and cultural heritage. This the Townhead area, and coal mining began at Garlaff in walk aims to introduce some of the key historical sites, 1768. Other industries included snuff-box manufacture, which still resonate with the inhabitants of the Cumnock of the production of fine quality lace, an early venture into today and hopefully with you too. The 2 km route is circular graphite extraction and the Cumnock Pottery. and should take around an hour, depending on how long you spend at each feature. There are a few slight climbs By the mid 1800s the population had expanded to along the way but always plenty of stopping places if you around 2,600. In 1866 the town was made a police burgh, are in need of refreshments. Unfortunately the route is not and a further programme of civic improvements was suitable for wheelchairs. There are many beautiful places implemented – including the introduction of street lights, to explore in Cumnock and we have only briefly highlighted paving, water supply and other Victorian improvements Old Cumnock a few in this leaflet, so please take time to look around you, such as the Town Hall. Cumnock was now a proper there are surprises around every corner. town, and would continue to grow and expand over the twentieth century. We hope you enjoy your walk! Today, Cumnock faces many challenges. The collapse Bobby Grierson, Cumnock History Group Heritage Trail of the coal mining industry has hit the town particularly hard. However, Cumnock remains a close-knit This leaflet was designed and developed by the Cumnock History Group and other community, proud of its local heritage and local heroes members of the local community as part of the Raising the Bar project - from James Keir Hardie, socialist MP and founder of (www.cumnockraisethebar.co.uk). The project was designed and delivered by Raising Northlight Heritage and financed by the Scottish Government, European Community www.cumnockhistorygroup.org the Labour Party, to composer James MacMillan and and Ayrshire LEADER 2007-2013 Programme; East Ayrshire Council and Historic the bar Scotland Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme. Cumnock Juniors Football Club. 11. Ayr Road 7. Bell Tree – The Strand From the junction of Glaisnock Street and Ayr Road OLD CUMNOCK HERITAGE youTRAIL can see some of the original Victorian buildings 1. Baird Institute (4 Lugar Street) While the current parish that run north to the Gorbals Bridge. These housed a church of 1866 was under great number of shops, a few of which can be still seen Scots Baronial style by architect R S Ingram. Built construction, the church further up Glaisnock Street. Ayr Road retains many of in 1891, the Baird was bequeathed to the people of bell was hung on the ‘bell its splendid Victorian villas. At 38-42 Ayr Road (beside Cumnock by John Baird, draper and architect. Baird’s tree’ in the Strand. The the Old Cumnock Trinity Church) you can find a fine house can be seen to the right of the main door as you bell dates from 1697 and example of late 1900s shop units, featuring triple cast begin your walk. The museum holds a collection of can now be seen in the iron arches. Mauchline Ware of world importance complemented foyer of the present Parish by many items of Cumnock Pottery, mining equipment Church in the Square. The 12. Tanyard as well as photographs and artefacts of local and Strand features in all the social history. Works of traditional and contemporary early maps of Cumnock as Crossing the Keir McTurk Memorial Bridge, you can art and crafts are also displayed here. Open Thursday a short cut from Barrhill to view the neo-gothic Old Cumnock Trinity Church – Saturday 11am – 5pm. Admission is free. Townhead. (formerly Crichton West Church), built in 1897, and the only church spire in town. To the north-east, the 2. Lugar or Stepends Bridge 8. Townhead Street Glaisnock Water passes below the Gorbals Brig, where the Blue Tower Inn once stood. In 1688 Dragoon Guards This 19th century structure replaced an earlier bridge The Townhead area was where most of the town’s hunting Covenanters were stationed here. Looking west built in 1753. Construction of the earlier bridge was handloom weavers lived and worked. Up to 120 towards the Lugar Water, the Tanyard area was where marred by an incident involving a collapsing arch, looms were worked from the many small, two-roomed many of the town’s leather works were concentrated. which killed 8 workers and injured 4 more. thatched cottages that lined the street. The mid 1800s Shoe-making was an important early industry. Congregational Church: Architect John Murdoch. Built saw the industry under increasing pressure from in 1883 to replace the earlier Congregational Church mechanised looms and by 1889 there was only one 13. Around the Square in The Square on the site of the current Clydesdale weaver remaining in Townhead. Bank. Approaching the Square by way of the Pawn Steps or Weavers’ cottages in Townhead Street Needle E’e, the Victoria Fountain, at the south-west Lochnorris Villa: Home of James Keir Hardie, socialist entrance to The Square, was built in 1898 to celebrate MP and founder of the Independent labour Party, the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. later to become the Labour Party. Hardie’s daughter Nan (Agnes), was elected the first female Provost of The Square and the parish church have always been Cumnock. The house dates from 1891 and remained in important focal points of the town. Up until the mid the family until 1982. 1700s when the graveyard in the Square was closed and covered over, the main route through town was by way of Bank Lane and Tower Street.
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