Cumnock
Cumnock is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the junction of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water. There are 3 neighbouring property projects which lie just outside the town perimeters, Craigens, Logan and Netherthird, with the one-time ironworks settlement of Lugar also just outside the town, resulting in a population of around 13000 in the immediate region. A new property development, Knockroon, was provided planning permission on 9 December 2009 by East Ayrshire Council. This section of Ayrshire has actually seen human settlement for over 5000 years. It is believed that a place of worship has been present in Cumnock's Square for over 1100 years, though the earliest records start in about 1275. The patron saint of Cumnock is Saint Conval. James IV created the Burgh of Cumnock. Cumnock housed a large number of miners, and also acted as the marketplace town for the other, smaller towns in the area, like Auchinleck, Lugar, Muirkirk, Ochiltree and New Cumnock. The town has a strong socialist heritage due to its function as a mining centre. The father of the Labour Party, James Keir Hardie, resided in the town for a large part of his life, and a statue to him rests outside the town hall. A small housing scheme in the town (Keir Hardie Hill) is named after him. The popular left-wing politician Emrys Hughes was local MP for a time in the mid-20th century, as well as lived in the town. William Wallace supposedly spent 3 months in the seat of Patrick Dunbar, according to the poem, 'The Wallace', by Blind Harry. Cumnock is also in the heart of Robert Burns country and the poet is alleged to have possibly hung out there. For all your home makeovers, make certain to find reliable professionals in Cumnock to make particular of quality.
