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Corsehill Barracks

From David Thom, 5 Oct 05: The Census records for 1881 refer to a Corsehill Barracks, at Coylton, which would, I asume, have been in the vicinity of Corsehill Farm, and at the time of the Census it appears to have been a 'multiple residence' I would be interested to learn the history of the establishment as I never heard it mentioned by any of my Coylton family. Was it built Cromwellian times; after the Jacobean uprisings; or during the Napoleonic threat? Or was it perhaps a base for a contingent of the Ayrshire Yeomanry? When was it taken over for Civilian use and for what purpose? (It may have been a 'work-house' type of establishment.) As always, I will be most grateful for any enlightenment.

From Wallace Hay, 18 August 2006: Below are 2 Photos of Corsehill site. The first shows Corsehill Barracks mid Thirties. The second as it is today. Corsehill Barracks was officially called Montgomery Terrace in the Twenties and Thirties. [From information supplied by Wallace Hay in March 2006:] this building was always a tenement with a shop at the front the proprieter being an Italian.
It got the name barracks as a nickname originally, this place looks like a barracks and it stuck. It stood on the north side of the A70 west of Sunnyside Cottage which is still there at Corsehill Toll. It was demolished in the mid Thirties as the council houses as you come into Coylton were ready to house its occupants by then, a modern bungalow occupies the site these days.

From David Thom, 3 September 2006: Can I please offer a very big thank-you to Wallace Hay and the Ayrshire History site for the information and grand photographs (ancient & modern) of Corsehill 'Barracks' at Coylton. My grandparents lived there for a few years after their marriage so it's interesting to see the pictures. (Perhaps of interest to Mr. Hay - my grandmother was of the Coylton Hay family.)

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