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Murdoch's parents were John Murdoch, a teacher and session clark in Auchinleck, [4] and Margaret Robinson. The family lived in Ayr's Sandgate in a two-storey house, long demolished, but marked with a plaque. [2] [5] He was a member of the Dumfries Volunteers, serving as a first lieutenant. [6] In 1800 he was a collector of cess for Dumfrieshire ...
The neighboring Bello Mill Cottage is famous for being the birthplace of William Murdoch, who was born in 1754. Murdoch invented gas lighting and did experiments on steam engines in the nearby Murdoch's Cave. Murdoch's father John Murdoch was tenant and millwright at Bello Mill, which he had taken over in 1754.
Stuart Murdoch (born 1968), singer ... A collection of historic maps of Ayr from the 1690s onward at National Library of Scotland; Engraving of Ayr in 1693 by John ...
Pages in category "People from Ayr" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. ... John Murdoch (teacher) David Murray (Scottish businessman) N.
John Murdoch (bishop) (1796–1865), Roman Catholic Vicar Apostolic for Western Scotland; John Murdoch (editor) (1818–1903), Scottish newspaper editor and land reformer; John Murdoch (footballer) (1901–1964), Scottish international footballer; John Murdoch (politician) (1882–1936), Australian politician for the Electoral division of Pembroke
The facility had its origins in an establishment known as the Ayr, Newton and Wallacetown Dispensary which opened in 1817 and was replaced by a hospital in Mill Street in 1844. [1] It moved to purpose-built facilities in Holmston Road, designed by John Murdoch (1825-1907), [2] in 1882. [1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948. [1]
It is located in Alloway, a current suburb of Ayr, and a former village, located in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The cottage was built by Robert Burns' father, William Burnes in 1757 and is a four-roomed clay and thatch cottage which has been fully restored to become part of the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum .
Ayrshire is roughly crescent-shaped and is a predominantly flat county with areas of low hills; it forms part of the Southern Uplands geographic region of Scotland. The north of the county contains the main towns and bulk of the population.