Post by Geoff on Feb 4, 2010 18:47:36 GMT -5
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Undiscovered Scotland.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kilmarnock/kilmarnock/index.html
KILMARNOCK, Ayrshire
Manufacturing town, bypassed by the A77, 14 m. NE of Ayr. Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786), Burns's collection of poems which first brought him recognition, was published here. The site of Wilson's printing shop in Star Inn Close is marked with a granite slab. The Laigh Kirk near the Cross was the setting for ‘The Ordination’, but Tam Samson's house in London Rd and the Angel Inn (Begbies) in Market Lane have gone. In Kay Park a Victorian tower commemorates Burns and has a fine view. The spiral stair climbs past two rooms containing books, tape recordings, and portraits. One portrait is of the poet and essayist Alexander Smith, born here (1829, site unknown). In Smith's autobiographical novel Alfred Hagart's Household (1866), Kilmarnock is called Spiggleton.
www.jrank.org/literature/pages/13380/Kilmarnock-Ayrshire.html#ixzz0ec8FAFw5
HURLFORD & CROOKEDHOLM
Hurlford's former names include Whirlford, Hurdleford and (in Gaelic), Átha Cliath ("The Ford of the Hurdles").
Hurlford: www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/comser/my%20area/hurlford.asp
Crookedholm: www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/comser/my%20area/crookedholm.asp
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kilmarnock/kilmarnock/index.html
KILMARNOCK, Ayrshire
Manufacturing town, bypassed by the A77, 14 m. NE of Ayr. Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786), Burns's collection of poems which first brought him recognition, was published here. The site of Wilson's printing shop in Star Inn Close is marked with a granite slab. The Laigh Kirk near the Cross was the setting for ‘The Ordination’, but Tam Samson's house in London Rd and the Angel Inn (Begbies) in Market Lane have gone. In Kay Park a Victorian tower commemorates Burns and has a fine view. The spiral stair climbs past two rooms containing books, tape recordings, and portraits. One portrait is of the poet and essayist Alexander Smith, born here (1829, site unknown). In Smith's autobiographical novel Alfred Hagart's Household (1866), Kilmarnock is called Spiggleton.
www.jrank.org/literature/pages/13380/Kilmarnock-Ayrshire.html#ixzz0ec8FAFw5
HURLFORD & CROOKEDHOLM
Hurlford's former names include Whirlford, Hurdleford and (in Gaelic), Átha Cliath ("The Ford of the Hurdles").
Hurlford: www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/comser/my%20area/hurlford.asp
Crookedholm: www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/comser/my%20area/crookedholm.asp