Place names

These volumes provide information on the place names found in the Ayrshire parishes of Ardrossan, Auchinleck, Ayr, Ballantrae, Barr, Colmonell, Coylton, Craigie, Dailly (including Ailsa Craig), Dalry, Dalmellington, Dalyrymple. Dreghorn, Dundonald, Dunlop, Fenwick, Galston, Girvan, Irvine, Kilbirnie, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Kirkmichael, Kirkoswald, Kilwinning, Largs, Loudoun, Mauchline, Maybole, Monkton and Prestwick, Muirkirk, New Cumnock, Newton-upon-Ayr, Ochiltree (including Stair), Old Cumnock, Riccarton, St Quivox, Sorn, Stair, Stevenston, Stewarton, Straiton, Symington, Tarbolton, and West Kilbride, as well as the town of Girvan, between the year of 1855 and 1857. The columns of these ledgers include the place name, any variant name and spellings, map sheet numbers and descriptive remarks.