Newmilns
Newmilns and also Greenholm is a small burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 individuals (2001 census) and lies on the A71, around seven miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. It is positioned in a valley through which the River Irvine runs and, with the adjoining towns of Darvel as well as Galston, develops an area referred to as the Upper Irvine Valley (in your area referred to as The Valley). As the name suggests, the burgh exists in two components - Newmilns to the north of the river as well as Greenholm to the south. The river likewise divides the parishes of Loudoun and also Galston, which is why the burgh, although usually described as Newmilns, has kept both names. Of the mills themselves, little now continues to be. The last in operation was Pate's Mill, which remained on Brown Street opposite the railway station (present-day Vesuvius building). Famous in Allan Ramsay's rhyme, "The Lass o Pate's Mill", it was demolished in 1977 and all that currently continues to be belongs to the mill's outside wall surface. The only mill building still intact can be located at the foot of Ladeside. Currently made use of as real estate, Loudoun Mill (formerly the Meal Mill/ Corn Mill of Newmilns) remained in usage from 1593 till it stopped producing meal in the 1960s. In 1970, the mill wheel was eliminated and also the lade filled out, with the only staying pointer of the site's previous use being a motto, "No Mill, No Meal - JA 1914" engraved on the outer wall.