Scotland > 1868, 1878 - Slater's (late Pigot & Co.'s) Royal national commercial directory and topography of Scotland > 1861

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SALTCOATS, &c.
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M'Millan James, Stevenston
M'Millan John, Stevenston
Niven William (Thistle and Rose),
Stevenston
Puton Miller W., Stevenston
Peiuiel Janet, Stevenston
Reid Samuel, Stevenston
Smith Donald, Chapelwell st
Tait Archibald, Stevenston
Thorn William, Stevenston
White Robert, Quay st
WRITER & NOTARY
Baibour Robert Kins (of procurator
fiscal and factor tor Hie Barony
of Ardrossan), Raise st
Miscellaneous
Anderson Robt. currier & tanner, Qua> st
Banks John, saddler, Quay st
Boyd James, stone merchant, Ardeer
Brown Alexander, auctioneer. Stevenston
Coulter VVm watch maker. Dockliead st
Crawford .lames, harbour master, Quay
Dals'iesh Adam, chemist, Dockhead st
Douslas John, tire brick manufacturer,
Ardeer
Duncan Thos. stocking maker, Quay st
Gtlmour Robert, auctioneer, Stevenston
Gunn George, contractor, Stevenston
Kennedy John, temperance coffee house
keeper, Quay st
Kenneth Sarah, corn miller, Stevenston
M'Connell John, cooper, County st
Orr William, watch and clock maker,
Dockhead st
Ramsay Alexander, eating house keeper,
Quay street [keeper, Dockhead st
Willock Alexr., temperance coffee house
Wilson John, plasterer, Saltcoats
PLACES OF WORSHIP
AND THEIR MINISTERS.
Established Church, Saltcoats— Rev.
D. E. M'Nab
Established Church, Stevenston— —
Rev. James Cruikshank
Free Church, Finlay's brae — Rev.
Joseph Davidson [ander Cook
Free Church, Saltcoats- Rev. Alex-
Free Church, Stevenston Rev.
James White
United Prbsbttbbian— Rev. James
Gitfen [Ronald
United Presbyterian— Rev. David
Roman Catholic Chapel, Ardrossan
road— Rev. William Hanlon, priest
Ardrossan Parochial Board Office,
Harbour st—Jas. Campbell, collector;
Charles Marshall, registrar ot births,
deaths, and marriage* ; James Orr,
registrar for Stevenston
Ayrshire Temperance Union, Salt-
coats — William Nimmo, secretary ;
Stevenston— John Dickie, secretary
Cattle Market, held in Harbour st,
every Thursday
Corn Exchange, Harbour st, open
every Thursday -Daniel M'Allister,
secretary
Gas Works, Saltcoats— James Campbell,
secretary and treasurer; Andrew Ait-
ken, manager [manager
Gas Works, Stevenston John Boyd,
Inland Revenue Office (stamps and
taxes), Harbour st- Alexander Camp,
bell, collector and sub-distributor of
stamps
Justice of thb Peace Court (sits
first Monday in each month)— Thouiat j
Kirkhope, clerk to the justices
Town Buildings, County st— Thomas
Kirkhope, town clerk ; James Camp-
bell, collector of rates
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY
ON THE GLASGOW AND SOUTH
WESTERN LINE (AYR AND ARD-
ROSSAN SECTION.)
Station, Saltcoats— David Hunter, sta*
Hon master
Station, Ardeer, Stevetiston George
Scott, station master
CARRIER
FROM SALTCOATS.
To ARDROSSAN, William Wilon,
twice a wc-k
To GLASGOW. William Wilson, Mo s-
day and Thursday
To IRVINE, William Wilson, daily
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STEWARTON, DUNLOP, AND NEIGHBOURHOODS.
JTEWARTONi.sa parish in the district of Cun-
ningham — the town, one of manufacturers. i> 16 miles
s. hy w. from Glasgow, 8 14, from Irvine, 5 N . from
Kilmarnock, and 3 from Fenwick; situated in a plea-
sant part of the county, on the hank of the water of
Annock. The parish, which is ab:>ut ten miles in
length, and varying from three to four in bieaddi, is a
rich agricultural district, highly cultivated and im-
proved, and adorned by several tastefully laid out seats
of the sentry. For centuries Stewarton remained an
inconsiderable and obscure village, and it is only of a
comparatively recent date, that, owing to the general
extension nttradeand manufactures, it has considerably
increased in size. The manufacture of carpets, which
was very considerable some years ago, has greatly de-
clined, there being only one factory now in operation.
The manufacture or forging of clock-work forms an
item in the trade of this town ; and two woollen mills
are engaged in carding and spinning for the carpet and
bonnet trades. A large portion of the population con-
sists of shoemakers and weavers, who are employed b>
the Glasgow and Paisley establishments, through resi-
dent agents : linens and damasks aie also issued from
the Stewarton loom to some extentyind in the ingenious
pursuit oi 'Ayrshire needlework,' not fewer than four
hundred females are engaged. The staple articles of
manufactuie, however, are Scotch bonnets and military
forage caps, in which branches there are about ten
employers ; the most extensive firm being that of Robt.
Mackie and Company. Ample banking accommodation
is also afforded the town and neighbourhood by the
Clydesdale Hanking Company, the Royal Bank of
Scotland, and the Union Bank of Scotland, having each
a branch, under able and efficient management. The
invention of 'portable bee boxes' by a Mr. Kerr, of
this town, has proved a great advantage in the manage-
ment of bees : these boxes are so constructed as to
prevent ' swarming,' and to produce a very superior
honey and comb ; it obtains a much higher piice in the
markets than any other kind, and is known by the name
of ' Stewarton honey.' District courts are held on the
first Thursday of each month, for the recovery of small
debts, and such business as falls under the jurisdiction
of justices of the peace for the parishes of Stewarton,
Dunlop, and Fenwick. It is also a polling station for
the parishes of Stewarton, Fenwick, and Kilmaurs,
returning a member to parliament for the county.
The places of worship areEstablished andFree churches,
and for United Presbyterians and Independents ; there
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are Free church, parochial, and United Presbyterian
schools, and some private academies. The market is
held on Thursday. Fairs on the Thursday next before
the first Friday in January (o.s.),for horses, cattle, and
farm and dairy produce; on the Monday preceding the
first Thursday in May, for the like commodities, and
for stock and agricultural and dairy utensils, also for
hiring servants ; and on the We'd in sday before the last
Thursday in October, for fat cattle, horses, -md farm
and daiiy produce, also for hiring servants, as
Dunlop is a viiliag*, two miles and a half from
Stewaiton. sea'ed romantically on the banks of the
Swinsy, about three hundred yards of the road leading
from Kilmarnock to Paisley; and when seen from
a little distance, through the trees which embosom
it, it has an agreeable and retired appearance. The
houses being mostly old, and the street narrow, it does
not improve on a nearer view, though in this respect it
does not suffer by comparison with other places of
similar tank throughout the country. A new and
handsome church ei* cted in 1835, is ornamental to the
neighbourhood ; its predecessor suffered much from
the combined effects of age and weather. In the
churchyard is a small arched chamber, formed under
the direction of Lord Viscount Clanaboyes,in 1641,over
the grave of his father, the Rev. Hans Hamilton, who,
for forty-one, years was minister of the parish ; it con-
tains a" well executed monument in marble, justly
deserving attention : a schoolhouse was also built by
the same nobleman, in the wall of which, is a stone
bearing the above date, and an inscription, stating
amongst other particulars, that it was erected and
endowed by him ' in love of his parish in King James
the Siiel his Ruigne' ; although in excellent preservation,
it has long ceased to be occupied as an educational
establishment,and is no w the residence of a shoemaker;
at the present time, there ate two excellent schools-
one a parochial, and the other belonging to the Free
church. The parish, to which the village gives name,
lies principally in the baileiy of Cunningham, and
county of Ayr; but on the north, it extends into Ren-
frewshire. It has long been noted for the excellent
quality of its cheese, which bears a high character
throughout Scotland. About the close of the seven-
teenth century, one Barbara Gilmour is said to have
commenced the practice of making cheese from the
entire milk, nothing but skimmed milk having been
used in the process, in this district previous to tha.)
period ; at present all the cheese similarly made in
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