Loudoun Parish, East Ayrshire, Scotland

Notes:
Loudoun (Scottish Gaelic: Lughdan) is a parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland and lies between five and ten miles east of Kilmarnock. The parish roughly encompasses the northern half of the Upper-Irvine Valley and borders Galston Parish (which encompasses the remainder of The Valley) at the River Irvine.



Loudoun is a parish, which shares borders with six other parishes. To the south lies the parish of Galston, which of all the surrounding parishes, has the strongest local links to Loudoun, being as the two parishes share strong historical and social links, as well as sharing public services. Otherwise, Loudoun shares borders with the parishes of Avondale (east), Eaglesham (north), East Kilbride (north-east), Fenwick (north-west) and Kilmarnock (west).[1]



Within Loudoun can be found the towns of Darvel and Newmilns, alongside Loudoun Hill, Loudoun Castle, Loudoun Kirk and Loudoun Academy. Notably, claims that Greenholm, Priestland and the town of Galston itself lie within Loudoun are erroneous, as all three lie south of the River Irvine, in the parish of Galston. This may in some part be because Loudoun Academy and surrounding housing hold Galston postcodes.



Loudoun also contained two villages abandoned during the last century, Alton and Loudoun Village.[2]

Birth

Matches 1 to 5 of 5

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID
1	Campbell, Hugh Earl of Loudoun	1674	Loudoun Parish, East Ayrshire, Scotland	I38738
2	Campbell, Col. John M.P.	1675	Loudoun Parish, East Ayrshire, Scotland	I38739
3	Cuninghame, Isobel	16 Jul 1721	Loudoun Parish, East Ayrshire, Scotland	I26059
4	Guthrie, Janet "Jane"	1728	Loudoun Parish, East Ayrshire, Scotland	I20705
5	Jameson, John	1684	Loudoun Parish, East Ayrshire, Scotland	I53541

Christening

Matches 1 to 4 of 4

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Christening		Person ID
1	Campbell, Hugh Earl of Loudoun	14 Jan 1673/74	Loudoun Parish, East Ayrshire, Scotland	I38738
2	Campbell, Col. John M.P.	8 Mar 1674/75	Loudoun Parish, East Ayrshire, Scotland	I38739
3	Guthrie, Janet "Jane"	31 Jan 1727/28	Loudoun Parish, East Ayrshire, Scotland	I20705
4	Jameson, John	30 Nov 1684	Loudoun Parish, East Ayrshire, Scotland	I53541

Burial

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Burial		Person ID
1	Campbell, Sir John 2nd Baron of Loudoun &1st Earl of Loudoun		Loudoun Parish, East Ayrshire, Scotland	I38741