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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| NEWTON UPON AYR | Newton-upon-Ayr Newton-upon-Ayr Newton-on-Ayr Newton upon Ayr Newton Ph [Parish] Newton Parish |
Statistical Account (1842) Patterson's Hist. [History] of Ayrshire County Voters' list McCarter's "Auldd Ayr" (1832) Johnston's County Map McDerments Road Map (1852) |
027 ; 033 | The Name of this parish is evidently derived from its situation on the banks of the Ayr, and the town's being founded at a later period than the adjacent county town. In the charters granted to the Burgh, it is called Nova villa super Air and sometimes Nova villa de Air. The same name was given originally to the town of Ayr; but when another town arose on the north side of the river, the name became appropriated to it, as being the more modern. The constitution of the burgh, particularly with regard to the property belonging to it is very singular, and can only be paralleled by that of the neighbouring burgh of Prestwick. The date of its erection cannot be ascertained, as the original charter of its creation has been lost. But it is traditionally ascribed to a grant by Robert the Bruce, in favour of 48 of the inhabitants who had distinguished themselves at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. * All its previously - existing privileges were, however, renewed and confirmed by a charter granted by James VI. dated in 1595; and by a second charter, granted by him in 1600. * The number of freemen among whom the partition of the common property could be made, was, from the earliest times, limited to forty-eight, who were regarded as exclusively composing the community. ***. The extent of the lots professed by the freemen vary from six to ten acres, according to the quality of the land. **. Land Owners. - The freemen are proprietors of all the land in the parish, with the exception of ten acrs. **** Ecclesiastical State. - Newton was originally part of the united parishes of Monkton and Prestwick; but the inhabitants being four miles distant from the parish church, where they. [continued on page 2] |
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