Newmilns as well as Greenholm is a small 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 and twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. It is located in a valley through which the River Irvine runs as well as, with the adjoining towns of Darvel and Galston, creates an area called the Upper Irvine Valley (locally referred to as The Valley). As the name suggests, the burgh exists in 2 parts - Newmilns to the north of the river and also Greenholm to the south. The river likewise divides the churches of Loudoun and Galston, which is why the burgh, although typically referred to as Newmilns, has actually kept both names. Of the mills themselves, bit currently remains. The last in operation was Pate's Mill, which remained on Brown Street opposite the railway station (present-day Vesuvius building). Renowned in Allan Ramsay's rhyme, "The Lass o Pate's Mill", it was knocked down in 1977 and all that now remains becomes part of the mill's outside wall surface. The only mill structure still undamaged can be found at the foot of Ladeside. Currently made use of as housing, Loudoun Mill (formerly the Meal Mill/ Corn Mill of Newmilns) remained in usage from 1593 up until it stopped creating meal in the 1960s. In 1970, the mill wheel was eliminated and also the lade filled in, with the only continuing to be recommendation of the site's previous usage being a motto, "No Mill, No Meal - JA 1914" inscribed on the outer wall.