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Lands Of Doura
The Lands of Doura,Thomson's Map Retrieved : 2013-05-24 Dawra, Dawray,A&HC, Page 86 Dowrey Dowray,A&HC, Page 242 Dourey or DourayA&HC, Page 210 formed a small estate, at one time part of the Barony of Corsehill and Doura, situated near the Eglinton Estate in the Parish of , |
Kilwinning
Kilwinning (, sco, Kilwinnin; gd, Cill D’Fhinnein) is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is on the River Garnock, north of Irvine, about southwest of Glasgow. It is known as "The Crossroads of Ayrshire". Kilwinning was also a Civil Parish. The 2001 Census recorded the town as having a population of 15,908. The estimated population in 2016 was 16,460. History According to John Hay, once the headmaster of the parish school in Kilwinning, " North Ayrshire has a history of religion stretching back to the very beginning of missionary enterprise in Scotland. The Celtic Christians or Culdees of the period of St Columba and St Mungo found here, in this part of Scotland, a fertile field for the propagation of the faith. Kilmarnock, Kilbride, Kilbirnie, are all, like Kilwinning, verbal evidence of the existence of 'Cillean' or cells of the Culdee or Celtic Church." In the distant past, the town was called Sagtoun, or Saint's Town, after St. Winning, the founder of an ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waggonway
Wagonways (also spelt Waggonways), also known as horse-drawn railways and horse-drawn railroad consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded steam-powered railways. The terms plateway, tramway, dramway, were used. The advantage of wagonways was that far bigger loads could be transported with the same power. Ancient systems The earliest evidence is of the 6 to 8.5 km long ''Diolkos'' paved trackway, which transported boats across the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece from around 600 BC. Wheeled vehicles pulled by men and animals ran in grooves in limestone, which provided the track element, preventing the wagons from leaving the intended route. The Diolkos was in use for over 650 years, until at least the 1st century AD. Paved trackways were later built in Roman Egypt. Wooden rails Such an operation was illustrated in Germany in 1556 by Georgius Agricola (image right) in his work De re metallica. This line used "Hund" carts wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Whishaw
Francis Whishaw (13 July 1804 – October 1856) was an English civil engineer. He was known for his role in the Society of Arts, and as a writer on railways. Later in life he was a promoter of telegraph companies. Life Francis Whishaw was born 13 July 1804, the son of John Whishaw, a solicitor. Minutes of Proceedings 1857 He was articled to James Walker, and found work as a surveyor. He made a survey for a proposed railway line in Cornwall, in 1831, with Richard Thomas. He worked under George Stephenson on the Manchester and Leeds Railway for the second survey of 1835, with George Parker Bidder. In the late 1830s Whishaw was promoting his version of the hydraulic telegraph. In 1839 the Institution of Civil Engineers awarded him a silver Telford medal for his ''History'' report on Westminster Bridge; it was a manuscript, of which an abstract was published in the ''Proceedings'' of the institute. Whishaw was recruited by Thomas Webster as the first professional secretary for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Paterson (journalist)
James Paterson (18 May 1805 – 6 May 1876) was a Scottish journalist on numerous newspapers, writer and antiquary. His works are popular history, rather than scholarly. Life He was the son of James Paterson, farmer at Struthers, Ayrshire, where he was born on 18 May 1805; his father then had money troubles and gave up his farm. Paterson received an education, and then was apprenticed to a printer at the office of the Kilmarnock ''Mirror''. Subsequently he was transferred to the ''Courier'' office in Ayr. On completing his apprenticeship, Paterson went to Glasgow, where he joined the ''Scots Times''. In 1826 he returned to Kilmarnock, took a shop as stationer and printer, and in partnership with other gentlemen started the Kilmarnock ''Chronicle''. Its first number appeared on 4 May 1831, during the agitation for the Great Reform Bill, and the paper closed in May 1832. In 1835 Paterson left Kilmarnock for Dublin, where for some time he acted as correspondent of the Glasgow ''Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lands Of Montgreenan
Montgreenan is an estate in North Ayrshire, Parish of Kilwinning, Scotland. The Lugton Water runs through the policies and farmland of Montgreenan. Nearby are the hamlets of Auchenharvie Castle, Torranyard and Auchentiber. The Lands of Montgreenan The name 'Grenane' is recorded in 1480,Johnston, James B. (1903), ''Place-Names of Scotland''. Pub. David Douglas, Edinburgh. p. 10. however the first detailed reference to Montgreenan is contained in the description of the ancient county of Cuninghame by Timothy PontPont, Timothy (1604). ''Cuninghamia''. Pub. Blaeu in 1654. p. 50 in the period 1604–1608. In it he describes 'Mongrynen Castle' as "…''ane old strong Dunijon veil and pleasantly planted ye inheritance of Cuninghame Laird thereof sone to the abott of Kilwinin quho wes brother to James Earle of Glencairne"''. The 10 merk [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery-Cuninghame Baronets
The baronetcy of Cuninghame of Corsehill was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and conferred upon Alexander Cuninghame of Corsehill, a Scottish baron and landowner in Dumfriesshire and a great-great-great-grandson of the 4th Earl of Glencairn. The fourth baronet's father added the name Montgomery before his own on inheriting the estate of Kirktonholm. Cuninghame, later Montgomery-Cuninghame of Corsehill baronets, of Corsehill (1672) *Sir Alexander Cuninghame, 1st Baronet (–1685) was the son of Alexander Cuningham and Anne Crawford. He married Mary Stewart. *Sir Alexander Cuninghame, 2nd Baronet (died 1730) married Margaret Boyle and had a daughter, Jean, and a son David. *Sir David Cuninghame, 3rd Baronet (died 1770) married Penelope Montgomery by whom he had three sons and a daughter, the eldest of whom, Alexander, who married Elizabeth Montgomery, was father of the 4th, 5th and 6th Baronets. *Sir Walter Montgomery-Cuninghame, 4th Baronet (died 1814), who, in 1790, sty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, million years ago. The name ''Carboniferous'' means "coal-bearing", from the Latin '' carbō'' ("coal") and '' ferō'' ("bear, carry"), and refers to the many coal beds formed globally during that time. The first of the modern 'system' names, it was coined by geologists William Conybeare and William Phillips in 1822, based on a study of the British rock succession. The Carboniferous is often treated in North America as two geological periods, the earlier Mississippian and the later Pennsylvanian. Terrestrial animal life was well established by the Carboniferous Period. Tetrapods (four limbed vertebrates), which had originated from lobe-finned fish during the preceding Devonian, became pentadactylous in and diversified during the Carboniferous, including early amphibian line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benslie
Benslie is a small village in North Ayrshire, in the parish of Kilwinning, Scotland. Map reference NS 336 429. History This village, previously Benislay (1205),Eglinton Country Park archive. Beinslay (Timothy Pont 1604 - 08), Pont, Timothy (1604). ''Cuninghamia.'' Pub. Blaeu in 1654. Bainsley in 1821 (John Ainslie's mapMaps at the National Library of Scotland. John Ainslie's Map ), Bensley (Groome 1903),Groome, page 148. Benslee or Benslee square on the 1860 OS map, BendsleeScottish National Archive. RHP 2043 is situated next to Benslie wood. The village sits on the B 785 Fergushill Road and on the junction of the road to |
Benslie Wood Baroque
Benslie is a small village in North Ayrshire, in the parish of Kilwinning, Scotland. Map reference NS 336 429. History This village, previously Benislay (1205),Eglinton Country Park archive. Beinslay (Timothy Pont 1604 - 08), Pont, Timothy (1604). ''Cuninghamia.'' Pub. Blaeu in 1654. Bainsley in 1821 (John Ainslie's mapMaps at the National Library of Scotland. John Ainslie's Map ), Bensley (Groome 1903),Groome, page 148. Benslee or Benslee square on the 1860 OS map, BendsleeScottish National Archive. RHP 2043 is situated next to Benslie wood. The village sits on the B 785 Fergushill Road and on the junction of the road to |
Fergushill
Fergushill is a small community in North Ayrshire, Parish of Kilwinning, Scotland. The Barony of Fergushill was held by the Fergushill family of that Ilk and the area has a complex history. History The Fergushills of that Ilk 'Fergushill' as a surname is a sept of the Clan Fergusson; the area is either named after the family, i.e. Fergushill of that Ilk, or more likely, took the name of the area as their patronym, as with the Cunninghame clan. Robert de Fergushill de Eodem had an extensive estate here in 1417; 'de Eodem' refers to the patronym being the same name as the barony. In 1577, A. Fergushill, burgess of Ayr, sold the lands of Gallisholmes to John Wallace of Craigie.Paterson, James (1866) ''History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton.'' Kyle, Vol. 1. Edinburgh : James Stillie. p. 288. Patrick Lowrie was convicted in 1605 of being a warlock and sentenced to be first strangled, then burned at the stake in Edinburgh. One of his crimes was stated as being Mackintosh, Ian M. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when dead plant matter decays into peat and is converted into coal by the heat and pressure of deep burial over millions of years. Vast deposits of coal originate in former wetlands called coal forests that covered much of the Earth's tropical land areas during the late Carboniferous ( Pennsylvanian) and Permian times. Many significant coal deposits are younger than this and originate from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. Coal is used primarily as a fuel. While coal has been known and used for thousands of years, its usage was limited until the Industrial Revolution. With the invention of the steam engine, coal consumption increased. In 2020, coal supplied about a quarter of the world's primary energy and over a third of its electricity. Some iron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock And Ayr Railway
The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (GPK&AR) was a railway in Scotland that provided train services between Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ayr. It opened its first line, between Glasgow and Ayr, in stages from 1839 to 1840. The section between Glasgow and Paisley was made jointly with the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway. Later it built a line from Dalry via Kilmarnock to Cumnock, linking there with the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, and together forming a through route from Glasgow to Carlisle. The two companies merged to form the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The original main line from Glasgow to Ayr, and the line from Kilmarnock to Carlisle, are in use today, although many intermediate stations and branch lines have closed. History Earliest lines Coal and other minerals were extracted in the west of Scotland from medieval times; getting the heavy product to market was always a challenge, and this encouraged the development of tracked systems; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
