Barrhill (South Ayrshire)
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Barrhill Scottish Gaelic Am Bàrr |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 6 ′ N , 4 ° 46 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 107 (1991 census) | ||
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| Post town | GIRVAN | ||
| ZIP code section | KA26 | ||
| prefix | 01465 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | South Ayrshire | ||
| British Parliament | Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | ||
Barrhill ( Gaelic : Am Bàrr ) is a village in the Scottish council area of South Ayrshire . It is located in the south of the region around 20 km southeast of Girvan and 30 km northwest of Newton Stewart at an altitude of 135 m HNH . In Barrhill the Cross Water flows into the Duisk , which flows north into the Stinchar .
history
The village developed through the establishment of various mills along the river and is relatively recent. In the late 19th century, cattle markets were held in Barrhill on the fourth Friday of April, August and October. In addition, a sheep market took place on the Thursday before August. At the same time, the village had a community school for 84 students. In 1879 they attended an average of 92 students. In 1991 there were 107 people in Barrhill. 30 years earlier, 286 inhabitants were counted.
The conservative lower house deputies Euan Wallace inherited the nearby lands of Kildonan under the conditions that he built his residence there. Wallace's wife Barbara Lutyens is the daughter of the architect Edwin Lutyens , who did not design Kildonan House . The Scottish architect James Miller was responsible for this, but he was based on Lutyen's style. Kildonan House was completed in 1923.
traffic
Barrhill is just off the A714 ( Girvan - Braehead ), which is also the main road. In 1877 Barrhill got its own station along the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway . Today trains on the Glasgow South Western Line stop there . With the Glasgow Prestwick Airport is an international airport located about 45 km north.
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Barrhill in: FH Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. , Grange Publishing, Edinburgh, 1885.
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Kildonan House in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
