Newmilns and also Greenholm is a little burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 individuals (2001 census) as well as lies on the A71, around seven miles east of Kilmarnock as well as twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. It is situated in a valley whereby the River Irvine runs and also, with the adjoining communities of Darvel and Galston, develops an area known as the Upper Irvine Valley (in your area described as The Valley). As the name recommends, the burgh exists in 2 parts - Newmilns to the north of the river and also Greenholm to the south. The river likewise separates the parishes of Loudoun as well as Galston, which is why the burgh, although generally described as Newmilns, has actually maintained both names. Of the mills themselves, little currently continues to be. The last in operation was Pate's Mill, which remained on Brown Street opposite the railway station (contemporary Vesuvius building). Well Known in Allan Ramsay's poem, "The Lass o Pate's Mill", it was destroyed in 1977 and all that now stays becomes part of the mill's outside wall. The only mill structure still intact can be discovered at the foot of Ladeside. Now made use of as real estate, Loudoun Mill (formerly the Meal Mill/ Corn Mill of Newmilns) was in usage from 1593 till it quit generating dish in the 1960s. In 1970, the mill wheel was gotten rid of and the lade filled in, with the only staying tip of the site's previous use being a slogan, "No Mill, No Meal - JA 1914" etched on the external wall.
