Mauchline, East Ayrshire

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Mauchline is a village in East Ayrshire

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Mauchline within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Mauchline in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Mauchline, small town and par. with ry. sta., Ayrshire - par., 8907 ac., pop. 2504; town, 9½ miles SE. of Kilmarnock, pop. 1616; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Mauchline has relics of a priory. It has long been noted as a market for cattle and horses, and it has extensive mfrs. of snuff-boxes, &c., in white-varnished or tartan-painted wood. Mauchline is intimately associated with the name of the poet Burns; it is the scene of his Holy Fair and Jolly Beggars.

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