IRVINE HERALD, FRIDAY 3RD JULY 1908 APPOINTMENT OF BELLFIELD GARDENER A special meeting of the Bellfield Trust was held in the Town Chamberlain’s office, Kilmarnock, on Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of appointing a head gardener. Provost Gemmill presided. There were 33 applications received for the post, and after these had been carefully considered, theContinue reading “Shandon Gardeners”
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Shandon Valuation Roll 1885
Dear blog reader Welcome to the fourth part in a series, a list of the people, with house names where known, who were connected with Shandon in 1885. In 1885 Shandon had 74 households, a huge increase from 1875 when Shandon had 32 households. The 1875 number was the exact same number as the 32Continue reading “Shandon Valuation Roll 1885”
Fatal accident at Shandon
GREENOCK TELEGRAPH AND CLYDE SHIPPING GAZETTEWEDNESDAY 5 JANUARY 1859 On the evening of New Year’s Day, Alexander Davidson, gardener with George Martin, Esq., Greenhill, was drowned by the upsetting of the ferry-boat. Davidson, who was not only a total abstainer, but a thoroughly consistent Christian man, attended the prayer meeting in Shandon Free Church inContinue reading “Fatal accident at Shandon”
Shandon People and History 