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 property projects which lie just outside the town perimeters, Craigens, Logan and Netherthird, with the former ironworks settlement of Lugar also just outside the town, contributing to a population of around 13000 in the immediate locale. A brand-new housing development, Knockroon, was given 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 praise has existed in Cumnock's Square for over 1100 years, though the earliest records start 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, as well as functioned as the marketplace town for the other, smaller sized towns in the region, like Auchinleck, Lugar, Muirkirk, Ochiltree and New Cumnock. The town has a powerful 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 significant part of his life, and a statue to him sits outside the town hall. A small housing plan in the town (Keir Hardie Hill) is named after him. The popular left-wing politician Emrys Hughes was regional MP for a time in the mid-20th century, as well as lived in the town. William Wallace purportedly 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 supposed to have likely hung around there. For all of your home upgrades, make sure to find dependable specialists in Cumnock to make specific of quality.
