Newmilns
Newmilns and Greenholm is a little burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 people (2001 census) and also lies on the A71, around 7 miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. It is situated in a valley whereby the River Irvine runs and, with the adjoining communities of Darvel and also Galston, creates an area known as the Upper Irvine Valley (locally described as The Valley). As the name recommends, the burgh exists in two components - Newmilns to the north of the river as well as Greenholm to the south. The river likewise divides the parishes of Loudoun and also Galston, which is why the burgh, although generally 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 structure). Famed in Allan Ramsay's poem, "The Lass o Pate's Mill", it was knocked down in 1977 and all that currently remains is part of the mill's exterior wall. The only mill building still intact can be found at the foot of Ladeside. Now made use of as housing, Loudoun Mill (formerly the Meal Mill/ Corn Mill of Newmilns) was in use from 1593 until it stopped creating dish in the 1960s. In 1970, the mill wheel was gotten rid of and also the lade filled in, with the only continuing to be idea of the site's previous use being a motto, "No Mill, No Meal - JA 1914" engraved on the outer wall.
