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Burnhouse
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 A view of the village looking towards Torranyard and Irvine | |
| OS grid reference | NS 38431 50338 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Dialling code | 01560 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Burnhouse, sometimes known locally as The Trap from 'Man Trap' is a small village or hamlet in North Ayrshire, Parish of Beith, Scotland. It lies on a crossroads of old B706 and the more recent A736 Lochlibo Road, between Lugton and Torranyard.
History
Roy's map of 1747 records the settlement of Burnhouse on the Beith to Kilmarnock road, the Lochlibo Road did not exist at the time.[1] Armstrong's map of 1775 still does not mark the Lochlibo Road as it had not yet been constructed.[2] The 1828 John Thomson's map is the first to show Burnhouse as a crossroads with the newly constructed Lochlibo Road and a Cross Roads Inn. It also shows a 'square' of roads on the west side of the village that are no longer present, although the old ford on the Bungle Burn near the Burnhouse Manor Hotel entrance is still discernable.[3]
The settlement lay within the old Barony of Giffen; the castle no longer exists.
The Trap
The 'Trap',[4] is short for 'Man Trap' because the village lies on the old turnpike road, the busy Lochlibo Road from Irvine to Glasgow via Lugton where dealers, drovers, travellers, etc. on their business or returning from markets in the old days were prone to stop and spend their money at the inns; it was so named by the farmers wifes and eventually it was shorted to 'The Trap'.[5]
A Crossroads Inn is marked on John Thomson's map of 1828 and in 1858 it had two inns at the crossroads, the Burnhouse Inn and the Waggoners Inn, no longer shown on the 1911 OS.
What is now Burnhouse Manor Hotel was present as a private house on the 1858 OS map and as the 'Manor House' in 1911. In the 1870s, whilst nearby Trearne House was being built, Mr and Mrs Ralston-Patrick lived for some time in Burnhouse Manor until the new house was ready for them. The original part of the hotel complex is a fine two story ashlar building with Tudoresque hood moulds and a gablet over the central window.[6]
Old OS maps show that a toll house was located on the Dunlop road side of the crossroads on the Lochlibo Road, on the Laigh Gree Farm side; it has been demolished.
The Bungle Burn outflow from Blae Lochruns on down country from near Lochend, past the old mill site, Mossend and Tandlehill Farms, before making a confluence with the Lugton Water near the Bungleburn Bridge just outside Burnhouse. The Lugton Water forms the boundary to the east of Burnhouse between North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire.
Micro-history
On 18 May 1894 Alexander Logan of Burnhouse was killed on the old turnpike road when he was crushed by a traction engine he was accompanying. Alexander was employed as a forerunner by Mr King and the accident happened when he tried to pass between the wheels of the loaded waggon that the engine was pulling. Dr Syson from Beith road out to record the death, which must have been instantaneous. Matthew Anderson the local Barrmill 'Policeman Poet' wrote a poem in the boy's memory.
This is an extract -
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"This little lad so anxious, |
In 2012 the village was home to several businesses, including halley's caravan sales, Robert Wilson agricultural supplies, and Courtney coach hire.
References
Notes
- ^ Roy's Map Retrieved : 2012-02-19
- ^ Armstrong's Map Retrieved : 2012-02-19
- ^ Thomson's Map Retrieved : 2012-02-19
- ^ a b Reid (2009), Page 53
- ^ Reid (1999), Page 37
- ^ Love, Page 90
Sources and bibliography
- Love, Dane (2003). Ayrshire : Discovering a County. Ayr : Fort Publishing. ISBN 0-9544461-1-9.
- Reid, Donald L. and Monahan, Isobel F. (1999). Yesterdays Beith, a pictorial guide. Beith : DoE Award Scheme. ISBN 0-9522720-5-9.
- Reid, Donald L. (2001). In the Valley of Garnock. Beith : D. Reid & the Jolly Beggars Burns Club. ISBN : 0-9522720-5-9.
- Reid, Donald L. (2009). Discovering Matthew Anderson. Policeman-Poet of Ayrshire. Beith : Donald Reid. ISBN 0-9522720-9-1.
- Reid, Donald L. (2011). Beith, Barrmill and Gateside. Beith : D. Reid & the Jolly Beggars Burns Club. ISBN : 978-0-9566343-1-3.
- Reid, Donald & Monahan, Isobel F. (1999). Yesterday's Beith. Beith : DoE. ISBN 0-9522720-6-9.
External links
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