FENWICK
Ayrshire Directory - 1837 - by Pigot & Co
Is a parish in the district of Cunningham, about nine miles in length and six in
breadth. At a former period the district was a fen or moss, and hence it is
supposed to have acquired its name; but it has undergone most material
improvement, and the greater proportion of the parish is now under cultivation.
The Kirktown of Fenwick is cheerfully situate on the banks of the Mabernock
stream, and on the road from Glasgow to Kilmarnock - 18 miles sw of the former,
and about three n by e of the latter town. There is another village, sometimes
called Rose-Fenwick, on the same road, about a quarter of a mile south from the
Kirktown. Guthrie, a noted champion of the covenant before and after the
reformation, was the minister of this parish; he was a celebrated and very
eccentric preacher, distinguished by the title of "the Fool of
Fenwick", an appellation which even appeared on the title-pages of his
published sermons. The places of worship are a church of the establishment, and
one for a united seccession congregation. The principal landowners are the
Dowager Marchioness of Hastings, the Earl of Glasgow, and William H Crawford
Esq. Cattle fairs are held on the first Wednesday in May, and the first Tuesday
in November. Post - Letters arrive from and are despatched to Kilmarnock, daily.
GENTRY AND CLERGY
Crawford, William H, Esq (of Crawford), Land castle
Ferguson, Rev Robert, Manse
Mitchell, Jas, esq, of Darwhilling
Orr, Rev William, United Seccession Church
Smith, William, esq, of Hillhouse cottage
PROFESSIONAL PERSONS
Currie, James, Stevenston, surgeon
Fairlie, John, schoolmaster
Mitchell, Alexander, schoolmaster
Nelson, William L, schoolmaster
Taylor, John, surgeon
Thomson, James, professor of dancing and music, Hall house
Wallace, James, schoolmaster
VINTERS
Allan, James
Allan, John
Wallace, James
Wyllie, Janet
SHOPKEEPERS AND TRADERS
Baird, John, baker
Bicket, Hugh, grocer
Borland, Alexander, grocer
Boyd, James, grocer
Fulton, Alexander, grocer
Gilmore, Robert, tailor
Lockhart, James, grocer
Orr, Robert, tailor
Sinclair & Galt, cartwrights
Thomson, Hugh, grocer
Thomson, William, stocking maker
Wallace, Jas, stone mason
Wallace, John, smith and plough wright
Young, William, joiner
COACHES
To and from Glasgow and Kilmarnock, pass through daily.
This transcript was kindly provided by Keith
Muirhead from the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.
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