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Maybole is a small,
neat, market and post town, the capital of the parish of its name and the
district of Carrick; 87 miles sw from Edinburgh, 52 n from Portpatrick, 44 ssw
from Glasgow, 25 w from Ballantrae, 22 s from Kilmarnock, 12 n by e from Girvan,
and between 8 and 9 s from Ayr; situate in a most delightful part of the
country, on the face of a gentle eminence wit a southerly exposure, and
surrounded by lovely scenery, formed of parks, highly cultivated, and hill and
dale, with a sea-view of the "busy Firth of Clyde" opening on the
west.
Maybole was created
a free burgh of barony on 14th November, 1516, and a grant to Gilbert Earl of
Cassilis, the patron, and to the provost and prebendaries of the collegiate
church of Maybole, to which belonged the lands whereon the town stands. In
October, 1639, an act, ordaining the head court of Carrick to be held at
Maybole, was passed by the Lords of the Articles.
The streets of the
town are narrow, and contain no eminently fine places or public buildings; but
it nevertheless possesses, in a certain degree, a character of massive
magnificence seldom seen in much larger places. This is attributable to the
circumstance of its having been, in former times, the winter residence of many
of the noble and baronial families of the neighbourhood, some of whose mansions
yet standing, with their turrets, impart an air of antique dignity to the houses
around. Several of the dwellings now inhabited by weavers bear a venerable
aspect, and doubtless were at a distant period the domiciles of more dignified
personages. The mansion-house or castle of the Cassilis family is the finest
surviving specimen of the winter seats formerly existing in Maybole; it is a
stately well built structure, situate at the east end of the town, and is said
to have been the residence of the repudiated Countess of Cassilis. The building
now used as a town-hall belonged to the Kennedys of Blairquhar.
The principal
business carried on here is weaving for the Glasgow houses, in which branch
there are many local agents employed, and many families indefatigably occupied.
The collegiate church has been for some time in ruins, and the ground
appropriated as a private cemetery for the Cassilis family. A church of the
national establishment, and one of the seceders or burghers, comprised the
religious edifices until the 28th June, 1824, when the first stone of a
Methodist chapel was laid; the Church of England service, however, is performed
in the subscription school once a month. The parochial school dispenses
instruction to about 170 boys and girls, who are taught all the sciences and
some of the polite branches of literature.
Yearly and
quarterly meetings of the "Carrick Farmers' Society" are held in the
town-hall; the annual one is on the first Thursday of August, and the quarterly
on the first Thursday in the months of February, May and November; the quarterly
in August merges in the yearly assemblage.
A "Knox"
club was instituted in 1824, for the purpose of communicating the serious
exertions of that extraordinary man.
In the vicinity are
many interesting objects, among which is the celebrated ruin called Crossraguel
(noticed in the sketch of Kirkoswald); Kilbenzie Castle, now in a similar state
of dilapidation, once belonging to a branch of the Cassilis family, who were for
a long period hereditary bailles of Carrick; and the remains of Greenan Castle
half a mile from the town. Ancient coins have been frequently found, and a vast
quantity was some years ago discovered, in fine preservation, in this district.
In the neighbourhood are two remarkably fine springs of water, popularly named
"St Cuthbert's" and "Well-trees"; the latter is said to
yield ten thousand imperial gallons per hour.
The market is held
on Thursday, and there are the following annual fairs; Candlemass Fair, the
second Thursday of February; Beltan Fair, the second Tuesday of May; Lammas
Fair, the second Tuesday of August; and the Halloween Fair, the second Tuesday
of November.
Culroy
Culroy is a small
village in the parish of Maybole, three miles and a half from that town, and on
the road to Ayr, from which it is five miles and a half distant.
POST OFFICE
Maybole, William
Rennie, Post master - Letters from Glasgow and England arrive every night at
ten, and are despatched every night at a quarter past nine - Letters from
Portpatrick and Ireland arrive every night at a quarter past nine, and are
despatched every night at ten.
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GENTRY AND CLERGY:
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Ballentine, James, esq of Blairston
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Bell, Capt. John, Sunnyside
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Campbell, Mrs Agnes, New yards
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Crawford, William esq, of Doonside
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Ferguson, John esq, of Monkwood
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Grey, Rev George, Manse, Kirkland
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Hutchinson, Mrs Mary, New yards
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Kelso, Mr Archibald, Sawchrie
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Logan, Mrs Agnes, Mayburgh cottage
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McTyer, Mrs Janet, of Red brae
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Ramsey, Mrs Helen, St John's
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Rankine, James esq, Broch
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Rankine, John esq, Knockdaw
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Rankine, James MD Otterdon
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Thompson, Rev John
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Wilson, Miss Margaret, Duncanland
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ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS
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Gray, Elizabeth, Duncanland
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McCaig, John, Calrow
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McGarragh, James, Wilson square
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McMaster, Hugh, Burns
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McNab, Thomas, Kirkland
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Nicholson, Eliza & Jane, Whitehall st
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Parochial School, the Green - Rev John Inglis, master
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Subscription School, Dangerland str
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AGENTS TO MANUFACTURERS (for Glasgow Weaving):
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Brown, David, High st
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Dunlop, Robert, High st
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Gibson, Matthew, Weaver vennel
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Gundie, William, High st
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McMillan, Richard, Kirkland
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Murdock, James, High st
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Shaw, Thomas, High st
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White, Robert (& Paisley muslins), New yards
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White, Robert, Whitehall st
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BAKERS:
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Cathcart, Elizabeth, High st
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Gibson, David, High st
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Main, James, High st
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Sinclair, Peter, High st
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BANKERS:
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Ayr Bank (Branch) - (draws on Hunter & Co, Ayr, Royal Bank,
Glasgow, Sir William Forbes & Co, Edinburgh, and Herries, Farquhar
and Co, London) - William Niven, agent
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Ayrshire Bank (Branch) - ( draws on Royal Bank, Edinburgh and
Glasgow & Williams, Deacon & Co, London) - Wm Brown, agent
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BLACKSMITHS:
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Black, William, Curral glen
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Haswell, John, New yards
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Heterick, Alexander, Culroy
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Livingstone, John, Well path
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Merry, James, High st
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BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS:
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Campbell, William, (and bookbinder), Kirk wynd
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Porteous, Mitchelson (and
printer), High st
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BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS:
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Baird, Thomas, High st
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Crawford, Charles, Weaver vennel
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Forsythe, William, School vennel
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Gammel, Alexander, Kirkland
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Gibson, Adam, Culroy
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Gray, Gilbert, High st
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Gray, James, School vennel
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Kerr, Robert, School vennel
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McCrindle James, Green side
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McCrindle, Robert, High st
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McTyer, John, High st
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Muir, James, High st
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Ross, John, New yards
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Wilson, David, Culroy
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CARPENTERS AND JOINERS:
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Dick, Quintin, Drumellon st
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Ferguson, Hugh, High st
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Gardiner, John, Culroy
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Goodall, Alexander, Kirkland
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Haswell, John, New yards
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Hunter, Allan, Reform place
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Jamieson, James, Culroy
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Kerr, James, School vennel
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McKall, William, Whitehall st
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McLachlan, Campbell, Kirk wynd
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McRonald, Thomas, Green side
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Rennie, Thomas Green head
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Ross, William, Whitehall st
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Shaw, John, Knox st
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Stewart, William, Maybole
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COOPERS:
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Dalziel, William, High st
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Osborne, John, High st
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DRUGGISTS:
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Cook, Alexander, High st
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Hattorn, Fergus, High st
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McFarlane, William, High st
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DYERS:
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Begg, John, Kirk wynd
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Stellie, John, Reform place
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FIRE & OFFICE AGENTS:
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Caledonian, Wm Nevin, High st
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Scottish Amicable, Walter Andrews, New yards
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Scottish Equitable, Wm Rennie, High st
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Scottish Union, William Brown, High street
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West of Scotland, Walter Andrews, New yards
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FLESHERS:
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Kerr, Robert, School vennel
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McCreath, John, Inche's close
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Murray, Hugh, Knox st
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Porteous, John, High st
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Sinclair, John, Market close
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GROCERS & SPIRIT DEALERS;
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Baird, James, High st
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Baird, Margaret, High st
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Brown, David, Whitehall st
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Crawford, James, High st
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Dunlop, Robert, Welltrees
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Eaglesham, Robert, High st
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Edgar, James, Weaver vennel
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Ferguson, Hugh, High st
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Girvan, Hugh, Weaver vennel
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Goudie, William, High st
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Gray, James, High st
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Gray, John, High st
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Hannay, John, Kirk wynd
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Henderson, William, Kirkland
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McClure, Catherine, New yards
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McIlwraith, Thomas, New yards
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McMillan, Richard, Kirkland
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McMurtrie, James, Kirk wynd
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McTyer, Elizabeth, High st
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Marshall, William, Weaver vennel
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Murdock, James,
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Neilson, Edward, High st
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Orr, Jane, High st
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Pollock, William, New yards
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Porteous, John, High st
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Reid, Francis, Whitehall
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Roy, John, Weaver vennel
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Stewart, Jane, High st
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Thomson, Alexander, High st
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White, Robert, New yards
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White, Robert, Whitehall st
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INNS:
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Cassilis, John Pollock, High st
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King's Arms (and livery stables), James Rennie, High st
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Sun, James Brownlee, High st
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IRONMONGERS:
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McKall, William, High st
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Rennie, William, (and stamp distributor), High st
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LIBRARIES:
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Agricultural society's, High st, - William Brown, librarian
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Porteous, Mitchelson (circulating), High st
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Subscription Reading Room, High st, - Robt. Eaglesham, mangr
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Town Library, Mitchelson Porteous, librarian
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LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERS:
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Baird, Andrew, High st
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Bryce, William, High st
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Dunn, James, High st
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Dunn, Thomas, High st
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Galloway, John, High st
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Gibson, John May, High st
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McCubbin, John, Kirklands
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Muir, Alexander, High st
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Rennie, William, High st
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MESSENGERS:
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Bell, Thomas, Maybole
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Hannay, William, School vennel
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MILLINERS AND DRESS MAKERS:
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Balfour, Elizabeth, (& stay maker), Duncanland
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Brackenridge, Margaret Jesse (and straw hat maker)
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Crawford, Jane, High st
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Crawford, Janet, Maybole
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Gardner, Margaret, Kirk wynd
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Girvan, Agnes, Duncanland
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Gray, Margaret,
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McCrindle, Jane (& straw hat maker)
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McCrindle, Margt. (& straw hat maker)
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Murray, Anna Bella
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Patterson, Jane (milliner)
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Rennie, Janet, Green head
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Ross, Sarah, High st
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Shaw, Ann
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Stewart, Ellen, High st
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White, Mary (straw hat maker)
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NAIL MAKERS:
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Fisher, William, Maybole
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Livingston, John, Well path
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PAINTERS:
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Allen, Maxwell (& glazier), Maybole
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Shaw, Thomas, Whitehall
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PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS:
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Cooke, Alexander (surgeon), High st
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Girvan, William, MD
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Hathorn, Fergus, MD, High st
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Logan, Hugh, High st/
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McFarlane, William, High st
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McTyer, William, MD, Red brae
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SADDLERS:
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Cathcart, George, High st
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Ramsey, James, Whitehall
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Wilson, Primrose Kennedy, High st
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SHOPKEEPERS & DEALERS IN SUNDRIES:
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Alexander, Hugh, Maybole
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Bryce, Alexander, Maybole
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Campbell, William, Grey st
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Cook, James, Maybole
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Graham, John, Maybole
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Hunter, Allen, Reform place
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Kerr, Robert, Maybole
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Milligan, Thomas, Maybole
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Sym, William, Maybole
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Templeton, James, Culroy
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Wale, John, Maybole
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Wallace, John, Maybole
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Wilson, Gilbert, Culroy
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STONE MASONS:
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Gilmour and Hamilton, Maybole
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McClure, James, Mason row
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Wilson, Gilbert, Culroy
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TAILORS:
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Aird, James, Culroy
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Alexander, John, High st
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Fulton, John, Maybole
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Kennedy, David, Maybole
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McKay, Edward, Kirk wynd
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McKay, Neil, Kirkland
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McCubbin, Andrew, Kirkland
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McMurtrie, David (& clothier), High st
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McQuater, Thomas, High st
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Maxwell, Archibald, High st
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Stewart, Quintan, High st
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Watson, John (& clothier), New yards
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TIN-PLATE WORKERS:
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Cowan, Richard, High st
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Sim, James, Post-office st
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VINTERS:
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Black, William, Maybole
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Cunningham, Wm, (Coach & Horses), Culroy
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Edgar, James, Maybole
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Gibson, Ann, School vennel
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Girvan, Hugh, (Black Bull), Kirkland
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Lamont, John, Culroy
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McJannet, William, Kirkland
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McKlune, James, Maybole
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Merry, James, High st
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Murray, Hugh, (Red Lion), Knox st
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Purden, Robert, Maybole
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Ramsey, John, Maybole
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Tennant, Euphemin, (Buck's Head), Kirkland
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WATCH & CLOCK MAKERS:
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Kennedy, John, High st/
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Kennedy, John jnr, High st
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Logan, Thomas, High st
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WRITERS AND NOTARIES:
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Andrews, Walter, New yard
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Brown, William, Maybole
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Hannay, William, Maybole
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MISCELLANEOUS:
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Andrews, Walter, district procurator fiscal, New yard
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Bell, David, tea dealer, Maybole
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Bell, Thomas, auctioneer, Back vennel
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Brownlee, James, farrier, High st
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Cowan, Richard, plumber, High st
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Crawford, Hugh, tanner, High st
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Fulton, John, veterinary surgeon, High st
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Gas Works, Dangerland - Thos McMurtrie, manager
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Hannah, Wm, barber and cutler, Kirkland
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Johnston, John, excise gauger, Maybole
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Lamont, James, woollen manufactr, Culroy
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McClatchie, John, grain dealer, New yards
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Neil, Janet, tallow chandler, Maybole
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Reid, James Hamilton, road surveyor, Duncanland
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Stewart, John, wig maker, High st
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PLACES OF WORSHIP:
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Church of Scotland, New yards - Rev George Gray
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Church of England Subscription School
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Burghers' Chapel, Knox street - Rev John Thomson
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Methodist Chapel, Wilson Sq
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