Newmilns
Newmilns and also Greenholm is a small 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 also twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. It is located in a valley through which the River Irvine runs and, with the neighbouring communities of Darvel and Galston, develops an area referred to as the Upper Irvine Valley (in your area described as The Valley). As the name recommends, the burgh exists in 2 components - Newmilns to the north of the river as well as Greenholm to the south. The river also separates the parishes of Loudoun and also Galston, which is why the burgh, although typically described as Newmilns, has preserved both names. Of the mills themselves, bit now stays. The last in operation was Pate's Mill, which rested on Brown Street opposite the train station (present-day Vesuvius structure). Famous in Allan Ramsay's rhyme, "The Lass o Pate's Mill", it was knocked down in 1977 and all that now stays is part of the mill's outside wall. The only mill structure still intact can be located at the foot of Ladeside. Now used as housing, Loudoun Mill (previously the Meal Mill/ Corn Mill of Newmilns) remained in usage from 1593 until it stopped generating dish in the 1960s. In 1970, the mill wheel was eliminated as well as the lade filled out, with the only remaining idea of the site's former use being a slogan, "No Mill, No Meal - JA 1914" inscribed on the outer wall.
