THE ROYAL BURGH OF AYR
Written by Annie I. Dunlop
Published by Oliver and Boyd
in 1953
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE ROYAL BURGH OF AYR
Written by Annie I. Dunlop.
Stock no. 1830727
1st.
1953.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Seven Hundred and Fifty Years of History of the oldest Royal Burgh in Scotland. Edited by Annie I. Dunlop. Dark red cloth boards, gilt title to spine & vignette to front. B/w illustrations and plans. x and 342 pages including index. Some minor foxing present mainly to endpapers and top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Grey dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and browned.
Front cover
Contents
- FOREWORD
- 1. CHATER OF FOUNDATION
- 2. DEVELOPMENT OF THE BURGH
- 3. HOW AYR HAS GROWN
- 4. TOPOGRAPHY
- 5. THE STREETS IN EARLY TIMES
- 6. STREET NAMES
- 7. PRE-REFORMATION CHURCH
- 8. CHURCH FROM THE REFORMATION TILL 1800
- 9. THE CHURCHES AFTER 1800
- 10. WITCHCRAFT
- 11. SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS
- 12. FAIRS AND MARKETS
- 13. THE HARBOUR
- 14. SCHOOLS
- 15. HOW THE BURGH HELPED THE POOR
- 16. THE PLAGUE
- 17. NEWSPAPERS
- 18. SOME EMINENT MEN
- 19. PROVOSTS
- 20. MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF THE BURGH
- 21. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX