Maybole

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Maybole
Scottish Gaelic Am Magh Baoghail
View over Maybole
View over Maybole
Coordinates 55 ° 21 ′  N , 4 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 21 ′  N , 4 ° 41 ′  W
Maybole (Scotland)
Maybole
Maybole
Residents 4760 2011 census
administration
Post town MAYBOLE
ZIP code section KA19
prefix 01655
Part of the country Scotland
Council area South Ayrshire
British Parliament Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock
Scottish Parliament Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley

Maybole ( Gaelic : Am Magh Baoghail ) is a village in the Scottish council area of South Ayrshire . It is located around 15 kilometers south of Ayr and 20 kilometers north of Girvan in the center of the historic Carrick region .

history

Outside Maybole, the Benedictine monastery Crossraguel Abbey was built in the 13th century . It was abandoned after the Scottish Reformation in the 16th century. Maybole's history is intertwined with Clan Kennedy . Her seat as the Earls of Cassillis was the nearby Cassillis Castle . In 1371 John Kennedy had a Lady Chapel built in Maybole with what would later become St Mary's Church , which was later expanded into a collegiate monastery . In 1516 Maybole was installed as a burgh . In the early 17th century, the Kennedys had Maybole Castle built as their city seat. The Tower House Baltersan Castle to the south is of an older date .

In the past, shoe production was one of the most important branches of industry. In the late 19th century there were five shoe factories in Maybole that produced 200,000 pairs of shoes a year. Agricultural implements were also manufactured in Maybole. Today, many residents of Maybole commute to the greater Ayr area. In 1851 there were 3862 people in Maybole. Within 30 years the number increased to 4494. In the second half of the 20th century, the population of Maybole fluctuated around 4600. Most recently, in 2011, 4760 inhabitants were counted in Maybole. In the 19th century there were numerous Irish immigrants living in the villages and making up almost the majority of the population.

The parents of the poet Robert Burns come from Maybole. Likewise the artist Robert MacBryde and the jazz trumpeter Tommy McQuater .

traffic

Located directly on the A77 ( Glasgow - Stranraer ), Maybole is well connected to the trunk road network. Furthermore, the B7023 and the B7024 run through the village. The Maybole and Girvan Railway opened a station in Maybole as early as the 19th century . Later bought by the Glasgow and South Western Railway , the station continues to operate today.

Twin cities

The city of Schotten in Hesse has been a twin town of Maybole since 2000.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ a b c d Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ^ Information from Historic Scotland
  4. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ↑ a b c Maybole in: FH Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. , Grange Publishing, Edinburgh, 1885.
  7. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  8. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  9. ↑ 2011 census
  10. ↑ Entry about the twin cities on the homepage of the city of Schotten.Retrieved on April 20, 2019, 02:31

Web links

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