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Kirkoswald, coast par. and vil., Carrick dist., Ayrshire--par., 14,861 ac., pop. 1781; vil., 4 miles SW. of Maybole; P.O.; figures in the early history of the poet Burns, whose " Tam o'Shanter" and "Souter Johnnie" (Douglas Graham and John Davidson) are buried in the churchyard.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "coastal parish and village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kirkoswald Parish Ayrshire County |
| Place: | Kirkoswald |
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