KILBIRNIE
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V15,
Page 790
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
KILBIRNIE
, a town in north Ayrshire, Scotland, on the Garnock, 202 m
.
S.W. of Glasgow, with stations on the Glasgow & South-Western and the Caledonian railways
.
Pop
.
(1901), 4571
.
The industries include flax- spinning, rope works, engineering works, and manufactures of linen See also: - THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)
, wincey, flannels and fishing-nets, and there are iron and steel works and coal mines in the vicinity
.
The parish See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
is of historical interest, most of the building dating from the Reformation
.
In the churchyard are the recumbent effigies of Captain See also: - THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
of Jordanhill (d
.
1603), who in 1575 effected the surprise of Dumbarton Castle, and his lady
.
Near Kilbirnie Place, a modern mansion, are the ruins of Kilbirnie Castle, an ancient seat of the earls of Crawford, destroyed by fire in 1757
.
About
m
.
E. is Kilbirnie Loch, 11 m. long
.
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