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Maybole is a small town built on a sloping hillside and overlooks the Southern Uplands with a magnificent view of these rolling hills. The ancient kingdom of Carrick is the part of Ayrshire south of the River Doon. Maybole lies 44 miles southwest of Glasgow and about 5 miles east of the Firth of Clyde.
According to the 2001 census the total resident population was 4,552
Full analysis of 2001 census can be found here :-
www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/census/2001/sheet009.htm
www.maybole.org
Some history :
Maybole’s name origin is a contested issue. Maege and botl are Old English for ‘Maiden’ and ‘house’, but there are also Brythonic and Gaelic words which fit the bill. Mynydd y Pwll is Welsh for ‘mount of the pool’, and Minis na Poll translates from Scots as ‘portion of the hollow’. Maybole from the eleventh century until the Union of the Crowns was the centre, and for all practical purposes the capital, of the Earldom of Carrick. In 1371 Sir John Kennedy of Dunure founded a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. This went on to become Scotland’s first collegiate church and the present town sits on this church’s land. The decline in importance of the town, since its heyday, was reflected in its modern economy and architecture. The parish at this time was 9 miles long and 5 miles wide. The town population in 1841 was 3,431, rising to 3,862 in 1851, divided across 394 houses.
Some other information :
The railway arrived in 1856, when the Glasgow and South West Company opened a line between Ayr and Maybole.
The parents of Robert Burns met and married in Maybole. William and Agnes married in Maybole on 15th December 1757 and just over a year later, on 25th January 1759, Robert was born in nearby Alloway.
According to the 2001 census the total resident population was 4,552
Full analysis of 2001 census can be found here :-
www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/census/2001/sheet009.htm
www.maybole.org
Some history :
Maybole’s name origin is a contested issue. Maege and botl are Old English for ‘Maiden’ and ‘house’, but there are also Brythonic and Gaelic words which fit the bill. Mynydd y Pwll is Welsh for ‘mount of the pool’, and Minis na Poll translates from Scots as ‘portion of the hollow’. Maybole from the eleventh century until the Union of the Crowns was the centre, and for all practical purposes the capital, of the Earldom of Carrick. In 1371 Sir John Kennedy of Dunure founded a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. This went on to become Scotland’s first collegiate church and the present town sits on this church’s land. The decline in importance of the town, since its heyday, was reflected in its modern economy and architecture. The parish at this time was 9 miles long and 5 miles wide. The town population in 1841 was 3,431, rising to 3,862 in 1851, divided across 394 houses.
Some other information :
The railway arrived in 1856, when the Glasgow and South West Company opened a line between Ayr and Maybole.
The parents of Robert Burns met and married in Maybole. William and Agnes married in Maybole on 15th December 1757 and just over a year later, on 25th January 1759, Robert was born in nearby Alloway.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybole
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 55°21'15"N 4°41'0"W
- Ayr 15 km
- Troon 25 km
- Irvine 32 km
- Kilmarnock 33 km
- East Kilbride 55 km
- Hamilton 61 km
- Dumfries 72 km
- Whitehaven 112 km
- Carlisle 117 km
- Douglas / Doolish 131 km
- South Ayrshire Council 7.1 km
- Hadyard Hill Wind Farm 14 km
- Coal Mine 19 km
- Loch Doon 23 km
- Mark Hill Wind Farm 25 km
- Greenburn Project - Open Cast Coal Mine 26 km
- Merrick 27 km
- East Ayrshire Council 27 km
- Arecleoch Wind Farm 34 km
- Dumfries & Galloway Council 54 km
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