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ST. QUIVOX [continued from page 1] a suburb of that town, enjoys the advantage of a convenient market for all commodities, and of a daily post. The thriving village of Whitelets is situated a mile and a half from Ayr, and the roads from Ayr to Mauchline, and to Galston which are Kept in excellent repair, pass through the whole length of the parish. There is also a railroad from Whitelets to the harbour of Ayr for the conveyance of coal."
Extracted from Statistical Account. (1842)
All, or most of that flat, low tract of country extending northwards from the village of Whitletts for about three miles, embracing all the sanquhars, was a bog at one time, and was called sanquhar-bogs, but such name is obsolete, the whole being now good arable land.

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Parish of St.Quivox
"The parish church was built before the Reformation, but was
repaired and enlarged about twelve years ago, and now
affords good accommodation for nearly 500 sitters. It is
situated near the centre of the parish; but the mass of
the population, being at one extremity, are three miles dis-
tant from the church, in which they have no accommodation.
To remedy this evil, which had been long felt by that large
portion of the inhabitants of Wallacetown who belong to the
Established Church, a chapel was built by subscription
in that district in the year 1835, which affords accom-
modation for nearly 900 sitters. The General Assembly
granted a constitution to this chapel in the year 1836,
and Wallacetown has since been disjoined quoad
sacra from the parish of St. Quivox, and erected into a
separate parish."
Statistical Account (1837)

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