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

Directory.
TROON, &c.
^l?r#prito
ship builders
Portland Ship Building Com-
pany (and chain cable and anchor
makers)— Robert Meikle, niauagr
SHIP CHANDLERS
Fisher Thomas, Harbour
Stewart Thos. & Sons, Temple hill
SHIP OWNERS
Conway William, Troon
CowanJohn, Troon j
Gray Robert, Troon
Hamilton Robert, Troon
Paton Alexander, Troon
Scurr Thomas, Welbeck crescent
SHOPKEEPERS & DEALERS
IN SUNDRIES
Allen Sarah, Symington
Andrew Mary, Portland st
.Buchanan Charles Portland si
Buchanan Marion, Loans
Donald Hugh, Loans
Douglas Am nes, Temple hill
Hay John, Dundonald
Houston John, Dundonald
M'Gill Agnes, Portland st
M'Murray John, Portland st
Martin John (& grain merchant),
Ayr st
Mitchell Walter, Symington
Orr John, Loans
Tkoon Society Stores, Portland
—Robert Smith, salesman
SURGEONS
Alexander William, iw.D.Dundonald
Highet Hugh, m.d. Ayr st
Hutcheson William, m.d. Hermitage
TAILORS Sc CLOTHIERS
Cook John, Temple hill
Dykes James. Temple hill
Hamilton Robert, Temple hill
Louden Hugh, Symington
Louden Thomas, Dundonald
M'Crone John, Portland st
M'Kenzie Ellen, Ayr st
Watt John, Temple hill
VINTNERS
Aiton Elizabeth, Temple hill
Anderson Mary, Temple hill
Cowan Hector. Portland st
Cowan John, Temple hill
Ferguson John, Portland st
Findlay Sarah, Dundonald
Findlay William, Temple hill
Fullarton Thomas, Loans *
Hay Alexander, Temple hill v.- ; ;-
Highet Janet, Portland st
Lockhart James Spence,Portland st
M'Culloch Alexander, Symington
M'M aster Robert, Temple hill
Parker George. Portland st
Patrick Ann, Temple bill
Shields Alexander, Temple hill
Smith Henry, Symington
Stewart James, Temple hill
Walker William, Duudonald
WRIGHTS
See Cartwrights, Joiners, 8{c.
Miscellaneous.
Adam David, tinsmith and brazier and
temperance coffee house keeper, Tem-
ple hill [donald
Brown Robert, collector of taxes, Dun-
Carrick Andrew, watch mkr. Temple hill
Colvin John, ship broker, Troon
Cunningham Jaue, eating house keeper,
Portland st [hour
Currie J. & J. rope and sail makers, Har-
Dykes Agnes, milliner. Temple hill
Hall Jane and Elizabeth, milliners, Tem-
ple hill Thill
Kingsbury Susannah, (oy dealer, Temple
Kirkhope John, civil & mining engineer,
and land surveyor, Harbour, Troon
M'Cambridge John, pawnbroker, Port-
land st
M'Culloch Robert, forester to the Duke
of Portland, Crosby Cottage
M'Kay John, telegraph agent, Troon
harbour
Nevin Robert, block maker, Temple hill
Pierine Mary, china and glass dealer,
Temple hill [donald
Walker William, veterinary surgeon.Dun-
PLACES OF WORSHIP
AND THEIR MINISTERS.
Established Churches: —
Troon — Rev. James Fleming
Dundonald— Rev. Alexander Williaoll
Symington— Rev. John Davidson
Free Churches:—
Troon — Rev. Andrew Cowan
Dundonald— Rev. David Simpson
Symington — Rev. John Ferguson
Presbytkrian (United), Troon— Rev.
John Kirkwood
REGISTRARS
OF BIRTHS, DEATH SAND MARRIAGE*
For the Parish oj Dundunald— David
Halbeit, Dundonald
For the Puriah of Symington — William.
Wakelin, Symington
A trshire Temperance Union; Dun-,
donald — David H aiming, secretary
Bondi;d Stores, Harbour- David Ran*
kin, proprietor
Custom House, Troon— John Ferguson
Gairdner, collector; William Hind,
landing waiter.- Thomas Erskine and
Hugh Miller, tide waiters
Gas WoRKS.Troon— G.Lambie.managet
Harbour Master's Office, Troon-
James Wood, superintendent; Andrew
Arbuckle, harbour master
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY.,
ON THE GLASGOW AND SOUTH-
WESTERN LINE, TROON BRANCH.
Statior, at the Harbour— John Smith
station master
ON THE AYR AND M AYBOLE BRANCHi
Station, distant about a mile from the
town— John Bell, station master
There is a Conveyance from the Portland'
Arms Inn, which awaits the arrival and
attends the departure of the trains
CARRIERS
ToAYR, Adam H unter, from Troon, daily |
To KILMARNOCK, Robert Wright,
from Troon, daily
WEST KILBRIDE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
Wr
EST KILBRIDE is a parish, in the district of
Cunningham— the village is 73 miles w.s.w. from Edin-
burgh, 30 s.w. from Glasgow, 24 s.s.w. from Paisley,
the like distance n. from Ayr, 22 s. from Greenock, 19
N,w, from Kilmarnock, 12n. from Irvine, 7h s. from
Largs, 7 s.w. from Dairy, 5 n. from Saltcoats, the same
distance s. from Fairlie, and 4 n.w. from Ardrossan;
surrounded on all sides by rising grounds, which on
the west protect it from the keen sea breezes, and on
the opposite aspect from easterly winds. The scenery
around is bold and romantic, interspersed with a few
genteel and handsome residences. The ruins of Law
Castle and Porten Cross are in the immediate vicinity
of the village, and are both objects of interest to the
curious in architectural relics. The town, or village,
seems to be making but very slow progress in the
march of improvement, the chief discernable advance
being, that it is now lighted with gas. A branch of
the City of Glasgow Bank has recently been established
here. The principal employment of the inhabitants is
weaving, in which about one hundred and forty looms I
are engaged. The places of worship are the parish 1
church, a Free church, and an United Presbyterian
chapel. The parochial school, a most useful institu-
tion, affords education upon very moderate terms to
those who are enabled to pay, and gratuitously to such
as are not blessed with the means of doing so. There
is an excellent school also connected with the Free
Church, and the village supports a considerable library.
The parish extends six miles along the shore of the
Krith of Clyde, and inland from two to three miles.
The district, independent of the ruins already men-
tioned, possesses other attractive vestiges ot antiquity ;
and it is worthy of remark that, off the sea line of the
parish, one of the largest vessels composing the Spanish
Armada remains sunk in ten fathoms water : an
attempt was made about a century ago, to examine
the internal condition of this ship, and the operation
succeeded so far that a piece of ordnance was raised
from her hulk.
POST OFFICE, Robert Dunn, Post Master.— Letters from London and all England, Edinburgh.
Glasgow, Greenock, Paisley, and thj North of Scotland, and also from Ireland, arrive every
morning at half-past seven, and are despatched thereto every afternoon at ten minutes after two.
Letters from Ardrossan, Ayr, Kilmarnock, and the Sooth and West of Scotland, arrive every
^rgjpg,at,half-past jijne, an.d-„ar.e .despatched thereto every afternoon at a quarter after two.
If, Monej/^Orders are granted and paid here.
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