of the old castle of Kersland lie about 1.5 miles to the north-east of the town of Dalry in North Ayrshire, Scotland, in the old Barony of Kersland....
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baroness is a rank of the ancient nobility of the Baronage of Scotland, and a title of honour, and refers to the holder of a barony, formerly a feudal...
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Dalry, North Ayrshire (section Lords of Lynn)
cave Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume Dalgarven Mill Giffordland, Ayrshire Swindridgemuir House and estate The Barony of Kersland Ravenscraig...
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Highfield, North Ayrshire (category History of North Ayrshire)
the old Barony of Kersland, the ruins of Kersland Castle and East Kersland Mill being situated nearby at East Kersland. A William Stewart of Hiefield...
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Swindridgemuir House and estate (category History of North Ayrshire)
were composed of the 'Lands of Swindridgemuir' and the dwelling house about two miles north-east of Dalry in the old Barony of Kersland, about a mile...
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Barkip (category History of North Ayrshire)
Pont's survey of the early 1600s records a 'Bar-Kyipe' lying in the Barony of Kersland and Dobie records that Barkip formed part of the estate of Roughwood...
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Farm and a lint mill was located on the Powgree Burn at the far end of Kersland Glen near Longbar. A room in Roughwood Farm has an unusual floor with...
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Kilbirnie Auld Kirk (category Church of Scotland churches in Scotland)
effigies of Captain Thomas Craufurd of Jordanhill and his wife Janet ker of Kersland. Thomas died on 3 January 1603 having achieved fame through capturing...
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Scotland portal The Barony of Kersland Swindridgemuir House and estate Longbar YouTube video - Kersland Glen YouTube video - Lower Kersland Glen and the mills...
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community hall with the neighbouring hamlet of Auchengree, or Meikle Auchengree. Scotland portal The Barony of Kersland Meikle Auchengree "Longbar from The Gazetteer...
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Kilbirnie Loch (category Articles using infobox body of water without alt)
Scots to 'Low and fertile land adjacent to a river or loch'. The old Barony of Kersland was held by the Ker (latterly Kerr) family; by chance or by association...
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Clan Kerr (category Gaelic families of Norse descent)
to the Norman family of William de Ker. These lands became known as Kersland. At this time, Cunninghame was under the control of de Morville who also...
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lands of Marshalland, Marsheland, Marsheyland or Marshyland were part of the holdings of the Barony of Beith, Regality of Kilwinning and Bailiary of Cuninghame...
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Dalry Drumbuie Mill, Barrmill East Kersland Mill, Dalry Giffen Mill, Barrmill Giffordland Mill, Dalry Kersland Mill, Beith Mill o'Beith, Beith Nethermill...
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Craigie, South Ayrshire (category History of South Ayrshire)
In 1857, after the death of his father at Lucknow, Captain William James Smith-Neill of Barnweil, Swinridgemuir, and Kersland R.A. inherited the estates...
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or laird's dwelling of the Barony of Haining-Ross with a tower house or keep located in a defensive position on a high promontory of land, half encircled...
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Caldwell, East Renfrewshire (section Hall of Caldwell)
Mure of Caldwell, the Laird of Blackston in Renfrewshire, was the leader of a group of about fifty, including the famous zealot Robert Ker of Kersland, who...
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Spier's School (category History of North Ayrshire)
included Bogstone, Bellcraig, Eastend of Shutterflat, and Lugton Ridge farms. Robert was descended from the Spiers of Kersland Mill, which he bought from his...
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Oxford (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983)
was summoned to the Lords by writ of acceleration in his father's barony as Lord Howard of Charlton before the House of Commons had met Whitelocke was returned...
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Fergushill (category History of North Ayrshire)
when he purchased Kersland, near Kilbirnie from his wife's elder sister, Jean Ker. He assumed the name and title of John Ker of Kersland and spent the next...
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