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Place name County Entry Source Auchencruive Ayrshire Auchencruive , seat and ry. sta., St Quivox par., in co. and 3 miles NE. of Ayr. Bartholomew Auchencruive Ayrshire St Quivox parish, Ayrshire, on the river Ayr, and on the Ayr and Mauchline railway, 1¾ mile ENE of Ayr. The mansion Groome Ayr Ayrshire St Quivox, and passes by Muirkirk, Wellwood, Limmerhaugh, Holhouse, Sorn, Catrine, Ballochmyle, Barskimming, Failford, Stair, Auchencruive, and Whitletts; while places Groome Ayr Ayrshire St Quivox; E by Coylton; SE by Dalrymple; SW by the river Doon, which separates it from Maybole; and W by the Bay of Ayr or Firth Groome Ayrshire Ayrshire St Quivox, Coylton, and other places. Blind coal, akin in character to anthracite, is also largely mined. Cannel coal of excellent Groome Coylton Ayrshire St Quivox. Its greatest length, from NNW to SSE, is 8½ miles; its breadth varies between 7 furlongs and 3 5 / 8 miles Groome Craigie Ayrshire St Quivox parish, Ayrshire, on the right bank of the river Ayr, and 1¼ mile E by S of Ayr town Groome Dalmullin or Dalmelling Ayrshire St Quivox parish, Ayrshire, 1¾ mile E by N of Ayr. A Gilbertine priory was founded here in 1230 by Walter Groome Kyle Ayrshire St Quivox, Stair, Auchinleck, Ayr, Coylton, Ochiltree, Old Cumnock, New Cumnock, Dalrymple, and Dalmellington; and all are in the presbytery Groome Laighland Wood Ayrshire Laighland Wood , in the grounds of Auchencruive, St Quivox par., Ayrshire, 3½ miles NE. of Ayr. Bartholomew Monkton Ayrshire St Quivox, SW by Newton-upon-Ayr, and W by the Firth of Clyde. Its utmost length, from N by E to S by W, is 4 1 / 8 miles Groome Newton-upon-Ayr Ayrshire St Quivox parish, and so closely contiguous is it to Wallacetown, that a stranger would fail to discover the line Groome St Quivox Ayrshire St Kevoc. This name is commonly supposed to be derived from Kevoca, a holy virgin of Kyle, who lived in the first half of the 11th century; but Bishop Forbes, in his Kalendar of Scottish Saints (1872), refers it to the Irish saint, Caemhan or Pulcherius, the affectionate form of whose name is Mo-chacmhoc, pronounced Mo-keevoc. The present parish church, near Auchencruive station, is of pre-Reformation date, and, as enlarged about 1825, contains nearly 500 sittings. Two public schools, St Quivox Groome St Quivox Ayrshire St Quivox , par., Ayrshire, on river Ayr, 4876 ac., pop. 7352; contains part of Ayr, 3 miles NE. of which Bartholomew Tarbolton Ayrshire St Quivox, and Monkton. Its utmost length, from E by N to W by S, is 6¼ miles; its utmost Groome Wallacetown Ayrshire St Quivox par., Ayrshire, on right bank of river Ayr, on E. side and in parl. and police burgh of Ayr, pop. 5923. Bartholomew Whitletts Ayrshire St Quivox parish, Ayrshire, 1¾ mile NE of Ayr, under which it has a post office. Pop. (1871) 505, (1881) 588. Groome Whitletts Ayrshire Whitletts , vil., St Quivox par., Ayrshire, 2 miles NE. of Ayr; P.O. Bartholomew
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