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Glasnock or Glaisnock, an estate, with a handsome modern mansion, in Old Cumnock parish, Ayrshire, on the left bank of Glasnock Burn, 1¼ mile SSE of Cumnock town. Its owner, Robert Mitchell Campbell, Esq of Auchmannoch (b. 1841; suc. 1869), holds 3928 acres in the shire, valued at £2169 per annum. Glasnock Burn, issuing from a lake in New Cumnock parish, 2¼ miles WNW of New Cumnock village, runs 3 miles north-north-westward to Cumnock town, after intersecting which it falls into the Lugar.Ord. Sur. , sh. 14, 1863.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "an estate, with a handsome modern mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels") |
Administrative units: | Old Cumnock ScoP Ayrshire ScoCnty |
Place names: | GLAISNOCK | GLASNOCK | GLASNOCK OR GLAISNOCK |
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