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6 unusual facts about South Ayrshire


Desmond Swayne

He was educated at Drumley House Preparatory School at Mossblown in South Ayrshire and Bedford School.

John Kelso Hunter

His father was a gardener at a South Ayrshire estate owned by Lieutenant-Colonel William Kelso, he died when Hunter was 8 years old.

John was born at Dankeith, South Ayrshire, and he was a relation to the McCallums of Troon.

Orangefield

Orangefield House, South Ayrshire, an historic eighteenth century building in Scotland

Sam Shearer

Shearer was born in Coylton in South Ayrshire and started his football career in Scottish Junior Football with Trabboch before being invited for a trial at Southampton in the summer of 1908.

South Ayrshire

The buildings were built in 1931 on the site of Ayr Jail and opened by King George VI.


Carcluie Loch

Carcluie Loch (NS 34894 16186) is a small freshwater loch in the South Ayrshire Council Area, lying in a glacial Kettle Hole, Parish of Dalrymple, Scotland.

Cathcart Wason

His father Rigby was an MP for Ipswich (1831–37) before Cathcart was born, and his brother Eugene represented two UK constituencies (South Ayrshire and Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire) at various times between 1885 and 1918.

Galrigs Loch, Ayrshire

The Galrigs Loch was a substantial freshwater loch situated in low lying area between Newfield and Dundonald in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

Martnaham Loch

Martnaham Loch (NS 396 172) is a freshwater loch lying across the border between East and South Ayrshire Council Areas, 2 km from Coylton, in the parishes of Coylton and Dalrymple, 3 miles from Ayr.

Old Rome, South Ayrshire

The old village or hamlet of Old Rome, Rome or Old Rome Ford is located in South Ayrshire, Parish of Dundonald, Scotland.


see also

Cordite

A smaller site at Girvan, South Ayrshire, now occupied by Grant's distillery, produced cordite and TNT.

David Wedderburn

Sir David Wedderburn, 3rd Baronet (1835–1882), Scottish Member of Parliament for South Ayrshire 1868–1874 and for Haddington Burghs 1879–1882

Scottish District local elections, 1977

This election was also the first serious test of the new Scottish Labour Party of Jim Sillars which did not do well outside his South Ayrshire base, only winning three seats.