Newmilns
Newmilns and Greenholm is a tiny burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 individuals (2001 census) as well as rests on the A71, around 7 miles east of Kilmarnock as well as twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. It is positioned in a valley whereby the River Irvine runs as well as, with the neighbouring towns of Darvel and also Galston, develops a location referred to as the Upper Irvine Valley (locally referred to as The Valley). As the name recommends, the burgh exists in two parts - Newmilns to the north of the river and also Greenholm to the south. The river likewise splits the parishes of Loudoun as well as Galston, which is why the burgh, although usually referred to as Newmilns, has actually retained both names. Of the mills themselves, little now continues to be. The last in operation was Pate's Mill, which sat on Brown Street opposite the train station (present-day Vesuvius structure). Well Known in Allan Ramsay's rhyme, "The Lass o Pate's Mill", it was knocked down in 1977 and all that currently stays is part of the mill's exterior wall surface. The only mill building still undamaged can be discovered at the foot of Ladeside. Currently made use of as housing, Loudoun Mill (formerly the Meal Mill/ Corn Mill of Newmilns) was in use from 1593 till it quit creating dish in the 1960s. In 1970, the mill wheel was eliminated as well as the lade filled out, with the only remaining idea of the site's former use being an adage, "No Mill, No Meal - JA 1914" engraved on the outer wall.
