Auchinleck
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Auchinleck Scottish Gaelic Achadh nan Leac |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 28 ′ N , 4 ° 18 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 3819 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | CUMNOCK | ||
| ZIP code section | KA18 | ||
| prefix | 01290 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | East Ayrshire | ||
| British Parliament | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | ||
Auchinleck ( Gaelic : Achadh nan Leac ), also often spoken Affleck , is a village in the center of the Scottish Council Area East Ayrshire . It is located around two kilometers northwest of Cumnock and 18 km southeast of Kilmarnock .
history
The history of Auchinleck is closely connected to the property of Auchinleck House about four kilometers to the west . There was already a tower house on this site in the 13th century . This was replaced by another Tower House before today's Auchinleck House was finally built in 1760 under Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck . Later the land fell to James Boswell and remained for a long time in the possession of the Boswell family, who had a formative influence on the development of the city.
In the past, coal mining was the most important industry in Auchinlecks. The Barony Colliery alone employed up to 1200 people. However, the mine was closed in 1989 along with a nearby coal-fired power station. Today a cardboard producer is the town's largest employer. In 1961 the highest number of inhabitants was determined in a census survey with 5694. Since then, the population has been falling. The last 3819 people were counted in 2011.
traffic
Auchinleck is connected to the trunk road network by the A76 , which runs in a wide arc around the village. As early as the 19th century, the city received its own train station along the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway . It was initially closed as part of the Beeching Ax in 1965 , but reopened in the 1980s.
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ a b Auchinleck East Ayrshire. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Auchinleck Old House in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Auchinleck House in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ 2011 census
- ↑ Auchinleck. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 1: (A - Coru). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1882, pp. 84-85 .
