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CUSTOMS.
CoUeetor, Alexander Thomson. Comptroller, Robert Scott
MESSENGERS-AT-ARMS.
R. Goudie, George Gilfillan, Alex. Johnston, J. Hutchison,
Robert M'Callum, and Hugh Mann.
EXCISE OFFICE.
Collector, John M'Culloch Supervisor, William Barge
Officers, J. Robinson and William Davies
NEWTON AND WALLACETOWN
Are divided from the town of Ayr proper, by the river Ayr.
The latest burgh charters of Newton bear date 1595 and 1600,
but refer to older charters that have not been preserved. Tra-
dition assigns the original charter to the year 1315, as having
been then granted by King Robert the Bruce. The land was
originally divided equally amoog 48 freemen (10 or 12 acres
each), subject to periodical allotment every ele\en, and later,
every seven years ; but, in January 1829, the holdings were de-
clared by agreement to be 999 years, so as to encourage the
improvement of the land. Newton has a jurisdiction separate
from that of Ayr.
Wallacetown, though a quoad sacra parish, is in the parish
of St. Evox. It is not embraced within the jurisdiction of either
Ayr or Newton, and has no local magistrates or police. A large
proportion of the population are coal miners or weavers. Inde-
pendent of its anomalous position, its buildings have been
much improved of late, particularly fronting the river Ayr.
THE PARISH OF ST. EVOX,
Which includes Wallacetown, lies NE. of Ayr. Population—
In 1831, 5348 ; 1841, 6055 ; 1851, 7146. Increase since 1831,
1798. JExtent— The parish contains 5000 acres, and is five
miles long, and three broad. Boundaries— It is bounded on the
south by the river Ayr ; and on the east, north, and west, by
the parishes of Tarbolton, Monkton, and Newton. Character-
la 1831, the agricultural population was 1071, Wallacetown
and Content containing 4277 souls. The inhabitants of the two
latter places, and of Whitletts, belong chiefly to the poorer class
of Irish settlers, and are employed as colliers, labourers, and
weavers by Glasgow and Paisley houses. There are also a num=
CUSTOMS.
CoUeetor, Alexander Thomson. Comptroller, Robert Scott
MESSENGERS-AT-ARMS.
R. Goudie, George Gilfillan, Alex. Johnston, J. Hutchison,
Robert M'Callum, and Hugh Mann.
EXCISE OFFICE.
Collector, John M'Culloch Supervisor, William Barge
Officers, J. Robinson and William Davies
NEWTON AND WALLACETOWN
Are divided from the town of Ayr proper, by the river Ayr.
The latest burgh charters of Newton bear date 1595 and 1600,
but refer to older charters that have not been preserved. Tra-
dition assigns the original charter to the year 1315, as having
been then granted by King Robert the Bruce. The land was
originally divided equally amoog 48 freemen (10 or 12 acres
each), subject to periodical allotment every ele\en, and later,
every seven years ; but, in January 1829, the holdings were de-
clared by agreement to be 999 years, so as to encourage the
improvement of the land. Newton has a jurisdiction separate
from that of Ayr.
Wallacetown, though a quoad sacra parish, is in the parish
of St. Evox. It is not embraced within the jurisdiction of either
Ayr or Newton, and has no local magistrates or police. A large
proportion of the population are coal miners or weavers. Inde-
pendent of its anomalous position, its buildings have been
much improved of late, particularly fronting the river Ayr.
THE PARISH OF ST. EVOX,
Which includes Wallacetown, lies NE. of Ayr. Population—
In 1831, 5348 ; 1841, 6055 ; 1851, 7146. Increase since 1831,
1798. JExtent— The parish contains 5000 acres, and is five
miles long, and three broad. Boundaries— It is bounded on the
south by the river Ayr ; and on the east, north, and west, by
the parishes of Tarbolton, Monkton, and Newton. Character-
la 1831, the agricultural population was 1071, Wallacetown
and Content containing 4277 souls. The inhabitants of the two
latter places, and of Whitletts, belong chiefly to the poorer class
of Irish settlers, and are employed as colliers, labourers, and
weavers by Glasgow and Paisley houses. There are also a num=
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| Description | 1851-1852 directory originally printed and published at the Ayr Advertiser Office, Ayr, 1851, for all towns and villages in Ayreshire. General gazetteer information from the time, including town and village descriptions, in addition to contemporary advertisements and the directory itself containing names, occupations and addresses of the working population. |
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