Cumnock
Cumnock is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the junction of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water. There are 3 neighbouring housing projects which are found 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 locale. A new housing development, Knockroon, was granted planning permission on 9 December 2009 by East Ayrshire Council. This area of Ayrshire has seen human settlement for over 5000 years. It is believed that a place of worship has actually 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 established the Burgh of Cumnock. Cumnock housed a large number of miners, and also functioned as the marketplace town for the other, smaller towns in the district, like Auchinleck, Lugar, Muirkirk, Ochiltree and New Cumnock. The town has a strong socialist heritage due to its role as a mining centre. The father of the Labour Party, James Keir Hardie, lived in the town for a large part of his life, and a statue to him sits 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 resided in the town. William Wallace presumably 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 said to have possibly hung out there. For all of your home renovations, be sure to identify respected professionals in Cumnock to make particular of quality.
