New Cumnock, Ayrshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about New Cumnock. You may be able to find further references to New Cumnock in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Cumnock, New parish and village with railway station Bartholomew
Cumnock, New a village and a parish Groome
New Cumnock parish and village with railway station Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with New Cumnock.

Place Type of entry Source
Afton a rivulet Groome
Afton-Bridgend village Bartholomew
Auldna coalfield Bartholomew
Auldna a mineral tract, with excellent worked coal Groome
Benston place with lime-works Bartholomew
Benston a place with lime works Groome
Blackcraig a mountain Groome
Black Craig mountain Bartholomew
Bridgend or Afton-Bridgend a village Groome
Bridgend, or Afton-Bridgend village Bartholomew
Connell Park a village Groome
Connel Park village Bartholomew
Corsancone a hill Groome
Craigbank village Bartholomew
Dalleagles school Bartholomew
Enoch hill Bartholomew
Enoch a lofty hill Groome
Knipe, The hill-ridge Bartholomew
Mansfield House a mansion Groome
Mansfield House seat Bartholomew
Nith river Bartholomew
Pathhead part of Bartholomew

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Lugar 0 2
Old Cumnock 3 5
Auchinleck 17 2
Airds Moss 0 2
Kirkconnel 0 2
Ochiltree 1 2
Sorn 0 2
Catrine 0 2
Muirkirk 0 2
Dalmellington 0 2
Kyle 0 2
Sanquhar 2 2
Drongan 0 2
Mauchline 2 2
Eliock 1 1
Stair 0 2
Coylton 0 2
Glenbuck 0 2
Patna 0 2
Carsphairn 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for New Cumnock. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CUMNOCK John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
CUMNOCK NEW John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).
NEW CUMNOCK John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

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  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.