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Burns Cottage in Alloway, South Ayrshire. Burns was born two miles (3 km) south of Ayr, in Alloway, Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, the eldest of the seven children of William Burnes (1721–1784), a self-educated tenant farmer from Dunnottar in the Mearns, and Agnes Broun (1732–1820), the daughter of a Kirkoswald tenant farmer.
William Burnes or William Burness (11 November 1721 – 13 February 1784) was the father of the poet Robert Burns.He was born at either Upper Kinmonth [1] or Clochnahill Farm, Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, and trained as a gardener at Inverugie Castle, Aberdeenshire, before moving to Ayrshire and becoming a tenant farmer.
Agnes Broun, Agnes Brown [1] [2] [3] or Agnes Burnes (17 March 1732 – 14 January 1820), was the mother of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns.Agnes's father, Gilbert (1708–1774), was the tenant of the 300-acre (120 ha) farm of Craigenton, in Kirkoswald parish, [4] South Ayrshire, Scotland.
Robert Burns. Jean remained with her parents in the village of Mauchline, and Robert at Mossgiel Farm.The couple continued to live apart even after the birth of their twins Robert (1786 – 1857) and Jean on 3 September 1786 and following the success of The Kilmarnock Edition, Burns moved temporarily to Edinburgh. He returned intermittently to ...
Robert Burnes or Robert Burness (1719 – 3 January 1789) was a paternal uncle of the poet Robert Burns.He left the family farm of Clochnahill or Clokenhill in Kincardineshire with his younger brother William Burnes, and found work at the Lochridge or Lochrig limestone quarries and lime kilns that lay near Byrehill Farm near Stewarton.
A National Trust for Scotland portal provides access to more than 2,500 items in its collection linked to the poet.
Burns lived out his final years on campus, an invalid after years of struggle to keep the school open. He died in September 1945 at age 80. Returning to its roots
Burns Cottage is the birthplace of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet (or "bard"), who was born at the cottage on 25 January 1759. It is located in Alloway , a current suburb of Ayr , and a former village, located in South Ayrshire , Scotland .