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Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, visited the townhouse during a tour of North Ayrshire in July 1956. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The building continued to serve as the headquarters of Irvine Burgh Council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged and newly formed Cunninghame District ...
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Irvine (/ ˈ ɜːr v ɪ n / UR-vin; Scots: Irvin [2]; Scottish Gaelic: Irbhinn [ˈiɾʲivɪɲ]) [3] is a town and former royal burgh on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The 2011 Census recorded the town's population at 33,698 inhabitants, making it the largest settlement in North Ayrshire, [ 4 ] and 22nd largest ...
Kirkgate, Irvine Old Parish Church And Graveyard, Including Boundary Walls And Gatepiers 55°36′45″N 4°39′56″W / 55.612625°N 4.665657°W / 55.612625; -4.665657 ( Kirkgate, Irvine Old Parish Church And Graveyard, Including Boundary Walls And Gatepiers
Seagate castle was held by a Constable on behalf of the lord; Irvine muniments records show that Philip de Horssey was constable as son-in-law to Richard de Morville; between 1391 and 1425 the post was held by Thomas de Vauce; in 1428 John de Brakanrig inherited the post through his wife; in 1438 Thomas Spark held the post and sold lands and ...
The Big Idea was a science centre located in the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland.Located on the former Nobel Explosives manufacturing site on the Ardeer Peninsula, a new science and learning centre was planned in 2000 by the Millennium Commission, to celebrate the history of invention and inventors.
The site of the Drukken Steps over the Red Burn on the 1774 Toll road to Millburn via Higgens House [1]. The Drukken, Drucken Steps or Drunken Steps were stepping stones across the Red Burn in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland and are associated with Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns.
In Ayrshire in excess of 30 parishes were consolidated into ten district councils. The District Councils were Ayr, Cumnock, Dalmellington, Girvan, Irvine, Kilbirnie, Kilmarnock, Maybole, Troon and Saltcoats. Ayrshire County Council was based at County Buildings in Wellington Square in Ayr. [8]