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MAUCHLINE , a See also:town in the See also:division of Kyle, See also:Ayrshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (Igor), 1767. It lies 8 m. E.S.E. of See also:Kilmarnock and I I m. E. by N. of See also:Ayr by the See also:Glasgow and See also:South-Western railway. It is situated on a See also:gentle slope about r m. from the See also:river Ayr, which flows through the south of the See also:parish of Mauch-See also:line. It is noted for its manufacture of See also:snuff-boxes and knickknacks in See also:wood, and of See also:curling-stones. There is also some See also:cabinet-making, besides See also:spinning and See also:weaving, and its See also:horse fairs and See also:cattle markets have more than See also:local celebrity. The parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, dating from 1829, stands in the See also:middle of the See also:village, and on the See also:green a See also:monument, erected in 183o, marks the spot where five See also:Covenanters were killed in 1685. See also:Robert See also:Burns lived with his See also:brother See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert on the See also:farm of Mossgiel, about a mile to the See also:north, from 1784 to 1788. Mauchline kirkyard was the See also:scene of the " See also:Holy See also:Fair "; at " Poosie Nansie's" (See also:Agnes See also:Gibson's)—still, though much altered, a popular See also:inn—the " See also:Jolly Beggars " held their high jinks; near the church (in the poet's See also:day an old, See also:barn-like structure) was the Whiteford Arms inn, where on a See also:pane of See also:glass Burns wrote the See also:epitaph on See also:John See also:Dove, the landlord; " auld Nanse Tinnock's " See also:house, with the date of 1744 above the See also:door, nearly faces the entrance to the See also:churchyard; the Rev. See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Auld was See also:minister of Mauchline, and " Holy Willie," whom the poet scourged in the celebrated " See also:Prayer," was one of " Daddy Auld's " elders; behind the kirkyard stands the house of Gavin See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton, the lawyer and See also:firm friend of Burns, in which the poet was married. The braes of Ballochmyle, where he met the heroine of his See also:song, " The Lass o' Ballochmyle," See also:lie about a mile to the south-See also:east. Adjoining them is the considerable manufacturing town of CATRINE (pop. 2340), with See also:cotton factories, bleach See also:fields and brewery, where Dr See also:Matthew See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart (1717–1785), the See also:father of Dugald Stewart—had a See also:mansion, and where there is a big See also:water-See also:wheel said to be inferior in See also:size only to that of Laxey in the Isle of See also:Man. Barskimming House, 2 M. south by See also:west of Mauch-line, the seat of See also:Lord-See also:President See also:Miller (1717-1789), was burned down in 1882. Near the confluence of the Fail and the Ayr was the scene of Burns's parting with Highland See also:Mary.
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