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Barrmill Railway Bridge
Barrmill is a small village in North Ayrshire, Scotland about east of Beith on the road to Burnhouse and Lugton. Locally it is known as the ''Barr''.Reid, Donald L. (2009). ''Discovering Matthew Anderson. Policeman-Poet of Ayrshire''. Beith : Cleland Crosbie. . P. 49. History General Roy's survey of 1747–1755 shows only the farm of High Barr. A village grew up here due to the employment provided by the several limestone quarries that were present at one time, the Dockra Ironstone pit that was located near the railway line down from Dockra quarry in 1912, and other local industries. The village that developed had a population of 300 in 1876 and 600 in 1951, when the threadmaking industry had just ceased, although the workers still lived in company houses and were transported daily to the threadmaking factory at Kilbirnie. This mill was founded in the mid-19th century to make linen thread, much used at the time for boot and shoe making, and for sailmaking; an offshoot of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Ayrshire And Arran (UK Parliament Constituency)
North Ayrshire and Arran is a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, British House of Commons, located in the south-west of Scotland within the North Ayrshire council area. It elects one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post voting system of voting. Once a longtime Scottish Conservative Party, Conservative stronghold, the area had been represented by Scottish Labour Party, Labour MPs from 1987 until 2015. Patricia Gibson, held the seat as an Scottish National Party, SNP member from 2015 to 2024. In 2024 the seat was won by Irene Campbell of Labour. It contains the towns of Largs, Fairlie, North Ayrshire, Fairlie and West Kilbride to the north, as well as the towns of Ardrossan, Kilbirnie, the Garnock Valley, Kilwinning, Saltcoats and Stevenston to the south. The Isle of Arran and Great Cumbrae are also within the constituency. Boundaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
