Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland Genealogy

Maybole, Ayr, Scotland (#605)

History

This account was written in 1837.

The name may signify the heath ground upon the marsh or meadow.

Maybole is the nearest town.

There is a fossil bed

towards the Southern boundary.

The major land owners were

the Marquis of Ailsa; T. F. Kennedy of Dunure; Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran; and Elias Cathcart of Auchendrane.

The land was primarily used for,

oats, barley, weaving, beans, potatoes, turnips, hay, sheep, cattle, wheat. The population in 1837 was 6362.

The registers began in 1712 and were kept fairly regularly from then to the present. (1837)

Belonging to the Established Church 5033. United Secession 548 Roman Catholic 355 Church of England 214 Methodists 104 Relief 54 Reformed Presbytery 44 Antiburger 10

source: New Statistical Account of Scotland (FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2 vol.5)