Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway The Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway was a company in Scotland, which built and ran what is now known as the Glasgow South Western Line . The line was authorised on 13 August 1846 and was constructed between 1846 and 1850. It ran from Gretna Junction on the Caledonian Railway to an end on junction with the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway at Cumnock original railway station Old Cumnock . History In 1850 the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr railway companies merged to form the Glasgow and South Western Railway . The Glasgow and South Western Railway then expanded to cover much of the area of south west Scotland. It existed until 1923 and then became a constituent company of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway . Station closures Most of the original stations have been closed. ref name Butt Butt 1995 ref Cumnock original railway station Old Cumnock 6 December 1965 Stnlnk New Cumnock 6 December 1965 Stnlnk Sanquhar 6 December 1965 Stnlnk Carronbridge 7 December 1953 Thornhill Dumfries railway station Thornhill 6 December 1965 Stnlnk Closeburn 11 September 1961 Stnlnk Auldgirth 3 November 1952 Holywood Dumfries and Galloway railway station Holywood originally Killylung 26 September 1949 Stnlnk Racks 6 December 1965 Stnlnk Ruthwell 6 December 1965 Stnlnk Cummertrees 19 September 1955 Dornock railway station Eastriggs originally Dornock 6 December 1965 Stnlnk Rigg 1 November 1942 Gretna Green railway station Gretna 6 December 1965 Station reopenings In recent years, several of the closed stations have been reopened. ref name Butt New Cumnock railway station New Cumnock 22 May 1991 Sanquhar railway station Sanquhar 27 June 1994 Gretna Green railway station Gretna 20 September 1993 Connections to other lines Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway at Cumnock original railway station Cumnock Ayr to Mauchline Branch at Cumnock original railway station Cumnock Cairn Val ... more details
Image Connel Burn Forest Area Entrance.jpg thumb 300px Connel Burn Forest Area Entrance in Connel Park Connel Burn is a river in East Ayrshire , Scotland which rises at Enoch Hill in the Southern Uplands and flows northwards through Laglaf and Connel Park before meeting the River Nith in New Cumnock . ref cite web url http members.tripod.com bob newcumnock pn connel welcomex.html title History of the Parish of New Cumnock work accessdate 2008 06 02 ref References reflist EastAyrshire geo stub coord 55 24 N 4 12 W display title region GB type river source GNS enwiki Category Rivers of Scotland ... more details
Dablink For other places with a similar name, see Afton disambiguation Refimprove date January 2010 File Afton Reservoir.jpg thumb right 220pxpx The dam of Afton reservoir. The River Afton or Afton Water is a small river in Ayrshire , Scotland . which flows North from Alwhat Hill in the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills , through Afton Reservoir and then for eight miles down Glen Afton before joining the River Nith at New Cumnock . The river is memorialised in Robert Burns s poem http www.robertburns.org works 340.shtml Sweet Afton ref http www.bbc.co.uk robertburns works sweet afton BBC Radio Scotland words to Flow gently sweet Afton ref and this led to a number of townships in the United States being called Afton. gallery File Confluence of Afton Water with River Nith.jpg Looking south towards the River Nith at the point where it is joined by Afton Water just north of New Cumnock. The water entering from the bottom left of the picture is the River Nith and the water entering from the right is Afton Water. The hill in the background is Corsencon Hill 475 metres . Cumnock Castle stood on this site in the Middle Ages. File Burns Cairn Glenafton.jpg The Burns Cairn in Glen Afton. The inscription on the cairn says Flow Gently Sweet Afton . Robert Burns 1759 1796. Erected by New Cumnock Burns Club 500 to mark its golden jubilee 1973. File Memorials to the Knockshinnoch mining disaster.jpg Memorials to the miners who died in the Knockshinnoch mining disaster New Cumnock in 1950. The stone in the foreground tells of the sponsors of the memorials. The nearer conical memorial indicates where the events took place. The text on the third memorial says To remember Knockshinnoch 1950. The peat valley ahead broke through into the pit killing 13 miners & trapping 116. Wearing oxygen masks the trapped miners were rescued on the 3rd day. gallery References reflist Coord 55.39788 N 4.18185 W type landmark region GB display title DEFAULTSORT Afton, Scotland Category Rivers of Scotland Categ ... more details
sources date December 2011 Infobox football biography name Frank Reid fullname Francis Reid birth date 16 June 1920 cityofbirth Mauchline countryofbirth Scotland death date death year and age 1970 1920 cityofdeath countryofdeath position Striker youthyears1 youthclubs1 Cumnock Juniors F.C. Cumnock Juniors years1 1946 1949 years2 1949 1951 clubs1 Huddersfield Town F.C. Huddersfield Town ref http www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com huddersfield huddersfield.htm ref clubs2 Stockport County F.C. Stockport County clubs3 Mossley A.F.C. Mossley caps1 7 caps2 23 goals1 0 goals2 0 Francis Frank Reid 16 June 1920 &ndash 1970 was a Scottish professional association football footballer who played as a striker for Cumnock Juniors F.C. Cumnock Juniors , Huddersfield Town F.C. Huddersfield Town , Stockport County F.C. Stockport County and Mossley A.F.C. Mossley . References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Reid, Frank ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish footballer DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1920 PLACE OF BIRTH Mauchline , Scotland DATE OF DEATH 1970 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Reid, Frank Category 1920 births Category 1970 deaths Category People from East Ayrshire Category Scottish footballers Category Association football forwards Category The Football League players Category Huddersfield Town F.C. players Category Stockport County F.C. players Category Cumnock Juniors F.C. players Category Mossley A.F.C. players Scotland footy forward stub ... more details
Infobox UK disused station name Dumfries House image name caption manager Glasgow and South Western Railway locale Near Dumfries House borough Ayrshire latitude longitude gridref years 1 July 1872 events Opened years1 13 June 1949 events1 Closed platforms 2 Dumfries House railway station was a train station railway station near Dumfries House , East Ayrshire , Scotland . The station was originally part of the Annbank to Cronberry Branch on the Glasgow and South Western Railway . History The station opened on 1 July 1872, and closed on 13 June 1949. References Butt Stations Historical Rail Start rail line previous Skares railway station Skares br small Line and station closed small next Cumnock second railway station Cumnock br small Line and station closed small route Glasgow and South Western Railway br p style background G&SW light small Ayr to Mauchline Branch Ayr and Cumnock Branch small col G&SW colour end box Scotland railstation stub coord 55.44391 4.31292 type landmark region GB source npemap.org.uk enwiki display title Category Disused railway stations in East Ayrshire Category Railway stations opened in 1872 Category Railway stations closed in 1949 ... more details
Craig Wood may refer to Craig Wood golfer 1901 1968 , professional golfer Craig Wood guitarist born 1978 , guitarist for Avril Lavigne Craig Wood singer composer , Tasmanian singer and composer Craig Wood film editor , film editor Craig Wood NASCAR Craig Wood, an entry on the List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cumnock and Kyle disambiguation human name DEFAULTSORT Wood, Craig de Craig Wood fr Craig Wood ... more details
Image Skares village.jpg thumb Skares Skares is a village in East Ayrshire , Scotland . Skares is located some three miles southwest of Cumnock . It used to have a football team called Skares Bluebells. From 1872 to 1951 it was served by Skares railway station . External links oscoor gbx NS530174 EastAyrshire geo stub coord 55.42838 N 4.32453 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 NS530174 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category Villages in East Ayrshire ... more details
Infobox road country GBR type A route 76 length mi direction a North terminus a Kilmarnock direction b South terminus b Dumfries junction destinations The A76 is a major trunk road in south west Scotland . Starting at Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire , the A76 goes through or immediately by passes Hurlford , Mauchline , Cumnock , Pathhead, Ayrshire Pathhead and New Cumnock before entering Dumfries and Galloway and continuing through Sanquhar , Mennock , Enterkinfoot , Carronbridge , Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Thornhill , Closeburn, Dumfries and Galloway Closeburn , Kirkpatrick, Auldgirth and Holywood, Dumfries Holywood before terminating at Dumfries . See also X76 bus UK primary routes 7 coord 55 22 49 N 3 57 35 W display title DEFAULTSORT 7 0076 Category Roads in Scotland Category Transport in East Ayrshire Category Transport in Dumfries and Galloway Scotland road stub ... more details
The X76 is a Stagecoach Express service provided by Stagecoach Western . The route s northernmost point is Glasgow , the southernmost point being Cumnock with the route ending at Muirkirk East Ayrshire . The main route is from Glasgow s Buchanan Bus Station to Kilmarnock , Hurlford , Crossroads, Mauchline , Catrine , Auchinleck , Cumnock , Logan, East Ayrshire Logan , Lugar, East Ayrshire Lugar and Muirkirk . Certain morning journeys call at Bellfield and New Farm Loch and deviate from the main route, calling at Glasgow University instead of Buchanan Bus Station. Evening and Sunday journeys take a slightly longer route, calling at smaller settlements such as Drumleyhill in Hurlford, Ballochmyle in Mauchline and Backrogerton in Auchinleck. The livery of the service varies, from Stagecoach Express and Stagecoach Western buses and coaches to Megabus United Kingdom Megabus and Scottish Citylink coaches. See also A76 road External links http www.stagecoachbus.com western Stagecoach Western Category Transport in East Ayrshire ... more details
Lambroughton Loch o th Lowes, New Cumnock Loudoun , Loudoun Academy , Loudoun Castle , Loudoun Hill ... Ayrshire Moscow Muirkirk N Netherthird New Cumnock , New Cumnock railway station New Farm Loch Newmilns ... more details
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Infobox rugby biography name Leo Reynolds image birth name Lionel John Reynolds ref name scrum cite web url http www.scrum.com australia rugby player 2164.html title Scrum.com player profile of Leo Reynolds publisher Scrum.com accessdate 12 July 2010 ref birth date circa 1888 ref name scrum birth place Cumnock, New South Wales ref name scrum death date circa 1957 ref name scrum death place height weight nickname Leo ref name scrum occupation school university spouse children relatives ru currentposition ru currentteam ru position Lock rugby union lock ref name scrum ru amateuryears ru amateurclubs ru clubyears ru proclubs ru clubcaps ru clubpoints ru provinceyears ru province ru provincecaps ru provincepoints ru nationalyears 1910 ref name scrum ru nationalteam Australian national rugby union team Wallabies ru nationalcaps 2 ref name scrum ru nationalpoints 0 ref name scrum website Lionel John Leo Reynolds c. 1888 c. 1957 was a rugby union player who represented Australia . Reynolds, a Lock rugby union lock , was born in Cumnock, New South Wales and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia. References reflist 1 Goes above DEFAULTSORT Categories Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Reynolds, Lionel ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reynolds, Lionel John Reynolds, Leo SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian rugby union player DATE OF BIRTH circa 1888 PLACE OF BIRTH Cumnock, New South Wales DATE OF DEATH circa 1957 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Reynolds, Leo Category Australian rugby union players Category Australia international rugby union players Category Year of death missing Category Year of birth uncertain Australia rugbyunion bio stub ... more details
names of New Cumnock Retrieved 2011 12 24 ref The Runner is a deep and broad ditch that was dug many ... matches were held on the loch in 1829 and 1861, matches being Auchinleck vs Cumnock. A boat house ... near Mid Lowes Farm. The Earl of Dumfries proposed to make a cut from the River Nith in New Cumnock ... from the east to the western lochshore of Creoch Loch. See also Black Loch, New Cumnock Loch o th Lowes, New Cumnock References Notes Refbegin Reflist 3 Refend Sources refbegin Love, Dane 2003 . Ayrshire ... Through Ayrshire. Ayr Hugh Henry. Warrick, John 1899 . The History of Old Cumnock. Reprint. Cumnock ... more details
Infobox UK disused station name Skares image name caption manager Glasgow and South Western Railway locale Skares borough Ayrshire latitude longitude gridref years 1 July 1872 events Opened years1 10 September 1951 events1 Closed platforms 2 Skares railway station was a train station railway station serving the former Pit village mining village of Skares , East Ayrshire , Scotland . The station was originally part of the Ayr to Mauchline Branch Ayr and Cumnock Branch on the Glasgow and South Western Railway . History The station opened on 1 July 1872, and closed on 10 September 1951. References Butt Stations Historical Rail Start rail line previous Ochiltree railway station Ochiltree br small Line and station closed small next Dumfries House railway station Dumfries House br small Line and station closed small route Glasgow and South Western Railway br p style background G&SW light small Ayr to Mauchline Branch Ayr and Cumnock Branch small col G&SW colour end box Scotland railstation stub coord 55.44244 4.32586 type landmark region GB source npemap.org.uk enwiki display title Category Disused railway stations in East Ayrshire Category Railway stations opened in 1872 Category Railway stations closed in 1951 ... more details
Somerset Park in 2004, briefly managing Scottish Junior Football Association junior side Cumnock Juniors F.C. Cumnock . Money then joined fc Stenhousemuir as youth development director, where he gained ... from fc East Fife , Money resigned. Money then returned to managing Cumnock Juniors F.C. Cumnock of the Scottish ... Ayr United . On March 10, 2009 with Cumnock being in second bottom position in the league Money agreed to leave Cumnock and was replaced by Stevie Farrell. Currently Money was inducted to the St. Mirren ... more details
William Wightman Beveridge 27 November 1858 &ndash 20 January 1941 was a Scotland Scottish football soccer footballer and Athlete track and field athlete . A Scottish athletics sprint champion born in Cumnock , Ayrshire , Beveridge was cap sport capped three times by the Scotland national football team between 1879 and 1880 while studying at Glasgow University . He scored one international goal against Wales national football team Wales in March 1880. He later moved to Edinburgh University to study divinity . In 1883 he became the Reverend Beveridge and was ordained as a Church of Scotland Minister Christianity minister . He lived and worked in Port Glasgow until his retirement in 1927. External links SFA Profile id 113200 name William Beveridge http www.londonhearts.com scotland players williamwightmanbeveridge.html International stats Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Beveridge, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish footballer DATE OF BIRTH 27 November 1858 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 20 January 1941 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Beveridge, William Category 1858 births Category 1941 deaths Category Scottish footballers Category Scotland international footballers Category Scottish athletes Category People from Cumnock Scotland footybio stub ... more details
Wikify date October 2010 Intro missing date October 2010 East Ayrshire Community Hospital is situated in Ayr Road, Cumnock , Scotland . ref http www.nhsayrshireandarran.com view item.aspx?item id 1827 ref It is a local hospital which provides ref http www.bam.co.uk FM FM PortfolioByMarketSector ProjectDetails.aspx?ID 21 Projects ref 50 continuing care and Respite care respite beds 24 GP medium acute beds 24 place day hospital 28,000 capacity outpatient facility rehabilitation medicine rehabilitation facilities radiodiagnostics facilities a patient therapy garden . There are plans for a new National Health Service NHS Dentistry dental facility to be built at this site, however at this time there is some opposition as some of the existing wards would need to be closed to facilitate this. ref http www.cumnockchronicle.com news roundup articles 2009 07 08 389374 two wards to be axed print Cumnock Chronicle ref References references coord 55.45087 N 4.27444 W type landmark region GB display title Category NHS Scotland hospitals Category Hospitals in East Ayrshire Scotland org stub Scotland struct stub NHS stub UK hospital stub ... more details
to George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock George Foulkes , Minister of State at the Scotland Office ... to be Labour candidate for the new constituency of Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock UK Parliament constituency Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock , where she was returned at the United Kingdom general election, 2005 2005 ... date January 2011 On May 6, 2010 Osborne was re elected as MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock UK Parliament constituency Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock with a majority of 9,911. In 2010 she was elected Vice Chair ... Osborne MP http www.theyworkforyou.com mp sandra osborne ayr 2C carrick and cumnock TheyWorkForYou.com ... succession box title Member of Parliament for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock UK Parliament constituency Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock start United Kingdom general election, 2005 2005 before new constituency ... more details
Image Looking down the Nith Valley.jpg thumb Looking east down Nithsdale from Mansfield Mansfield is a village in East Ayrshire in Scotland . It is north of New Cumnock from which it is separated by the River Nith and the adjacent village of Pathhead, Ayrshire Pathhead . External links oscoor gbx NS623143 commonscat Mansfield, East Ayrshire EastAyrshire geo stub coord 55.40324 N 4.17616 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 NS623143 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category Villages in East Ayrshire ... more details
1924 PLACE OF BIRTH Cumnock , Scotland DATE OF DEATH 2002 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brown, Jimmy ... guest players Category People from Cumnock Category Kello Rovers F.C. players Scotland footy ... more details
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