Newmilns
Newmilns as well as Greenholm is a little burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 people (2001 census) and also rests on the A71, around 7 miles east of Kilmarnock as well as twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. It is situated in a valley whereby the River Irvine runs as well as, with the neighbouring towns of Darvel and Galston, forms an area referred to as the Upper Irvine Valley (locally described as The Valley). As the name suggests, the burgh exists in 2 components - Newmilns to the north of the river and Greenholm to the south. The river also divides the parishes of Loudoun and also Galston, which is why the burgh, although typically described as Newmilns, has actually kept both names. Of the mills themselves, bit currently stays. The last in operation was Pate's Mill, which sat on Brown Street opposite the railway station (present-day Vesuvius structure). Well Known in Allan Ramsay's rhyme, "The Lass o Pate's Mill", it was knocked down in 1977 and all that currently remains becomes part of the mill's exterior wall. The only mill structure still undamaged can be discovered at the foot of Ladeside. Currently made use of as housing, Loudoun Mill (previously the Meal Mill/ Corn Mill of Newmilns) remained in use from 1593 until it quit creating meal in the 1960s. In 1970, the mill wheel was gotten rid of as well as the lade filled in, with the only remaining idea of the site's previous usage being a motto, "No Mill, No Meal - JA 1914" inscribed on the outer wall.
