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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| KILMARNOCK [town] | Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Kilmarnock |
Revd. James Aitken Mr A Hamilton Town Clerk Mr James Hamilton |
018 | A well Known manufacturing town in Ayrshire, and the most important in the West of Scotland, South of Paisley. Situated About 9½ miles from Mauchline, 6½ from Irvine, 12 from Ayr and 21 from Glasgow;- The Saint from whom the town had its name, was Saint Marnock, said to have been a Bishop in Scotland As have founded a Church here, as have died in 322, and as have been interred in the Town. - The Word Kilmarnock, According to Chalmers, was formed by prefixing the Oldie Word "Cil or Kil" Signifying a Church, as the name of the Patron Saint.- Kilmarnock is a parliamentary Burgh, divided into five Municipal Wards and takes in a portion of the parish of Riccarton, it unites with Dumbarton, Port Glasgow, Renfrew, and Rutherglen, in Sending a member to Parliament, the Governing body of the Burgh are a Provost, four Bailies, a Treasurer and Sixteen Councillors. There is also an efficient Staff of police with a Superintendent, The town is rather remarkable for the disproportion of its breadth to its length, being destitute of the Attribute of Compactness which is generally associated with the idea of a town, the extreme length being About 120 chains or 1½ miles and nowhere broader than 40 Chains or ½ mile and over a Considerable part of its length it is much less yet CARRIED OVER TO NEXT PAGE |
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