Cumnock
Cumnock is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water. There are three neighbouring housing projects which are located just outside the town borders, 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 area. A new property project, Knockroon, was given 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 supposed that a site of praise has existed in Cumnock's Square for over 1100 years, though the earliest records begin in about 1275. The patron saint of Cumnock is Saint Conval. James IV created the Burgh of Cumnock. Cumnock housed lots of miners, as well as served as the marketplace town for the other, smaller towns in the region, like Auchinleck, Lugar, Muirkirk, Ochiltree and New Cumnock. The town has a powerful socialist legacy 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 property plan 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 apparently 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 thought to have actually hung around there. For all your home improvements, make sure to find reputable contractors in Cumnock to make specific of quality.
