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NEW : the new parish
In 1650 the parish of Cumnock was sub-divided into
the two new parishes of Old Cumnock and New Cumnock. The existing parish church of Cumnock became the parish church of Old Cumnock. A new parish church was built for New Cumnock, close to the site of Cumnock Castle. The first minister was the 'true Covenanter' Hugh Crawfurd. In the Sasine Register (6th June 1654) he is referred to as the
' minister at the New Kirk of Cumnock'.
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CUMNOCK : COMUNN ACH
Patrick of Comenagh (Earl of Dunbar) appears in the Ragman Roll of 1296. The Dunbars were
barons of Cumnock and their baronial seat the Castle of Comenagh sat on the castle-hill overlooking the confluence of the the Afton Water and River Nith .The name Cumnock comprises the Gaelic elements comunn 'confluence' + achadh 'place', where the latter appears in the common abbreviated suffiix as -ach. (cf. Beoch G. beithe+achadah 'place of the birch) |
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NEW CUMNOCK
The town of New Cumnock
developed round the new parish church , now known as the Auld Kirk which lies in ruins close to the site of Cumnock Castle, a few hundred yards from where the Afton and Nith meet in communion ([Gaelic] comanachadh). The main thoroughfare through the town is still known as The Castle. |
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History of the Parish
of New Cumnock
by Robert Guthrie
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NEW CUMNOCK
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PLACE-NAMES
NEW CUMNOCK
G. comunn+ achadh
'place of the confluence'
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Afton
Water
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New Cumnock
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Reproduced by kind permission of the
Trustees of the National Library of Scotland
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Confluence of the Afton Water and River Nith
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Ruins of Auld Kirk, New Cumnock
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New Cumnock
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Water Features
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Hills and Craigs
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Fields & Settlements
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Boundaries
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Christian Sites
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Wallace & Bruce
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House of Rheged
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Index
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Sources & Links
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