Place:Ayrshire, Scotland

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NameAyrshire
TypeTraditional county
Coordinates55.43°N 4.54°W
Located inScotland     ( - 1975)
See alsoStrathclyde, Scotlandregional authority 1975-1996
East Ayrshire, Scotlandunitary authority replacing part of Strathclyde in 1996
North Ayrshire, Scotlandunitary authority replacing part of Strathclyde in 1996
South Ayrshire, Scotlandunitary authority replacing part of Strathclyde in 1996
Contained Places
Former community
Fullarton ( - 1975 )
Former district
Cumnock and Doon Valley ( - 1975 )
Cunninghame ( - 1975 )
Kyle and Carrick ( - 1975 )
Hamlet
St. Quivox ( - 1975 )
Historical district
Carrick ( - 1975 )
Kyle ( - 1975 )
Inhabited place
Alloway
Annbank
Barrhill
Bellsbank
Catrine
Connel Park
Crosshill
Dairy
Darvel
Drongan
Fairlie
Galston
Hurlford
Kilkerren
Lugar ( - 1975 )
Newmilns
Patna
Penkill
Pinwherry
Prestwick ( - 1975 )
Saltcoats
Skelmorlie
Sorn
Stair
Stevenston
Stewarton
Straiton ( - 1975 )
Symington ( - 1975 )
Tarbolton
Troon
Locality
Wallacetown ( - 1975 )
Parish
Ardrossan ( - 1975 )
Auchinleck ( - 1975 )
Ayr ( 700 - )
Ballantrae ( - 1975 )
Barr ( - 1975 )
Beith ( - 1975 )
Colmonell ( - 1975 )
Coylton ( - 1975 )
Craigie ( - 1975 )
Dailly ( - 1975 )
Dalmellington ( - 1975 )
Dalry ( - 1975 )
Dalrymple ( - 1975 )
Dreghorn ( - 1975 )
Dundonald
Dunlop
Fenwick
Girvan
Irvine ( 1200 - )
Kilbirnie
Kilmarnock ( 1000 - )
Kilmaurs
Kilwinning
Kirkmichael
Kirkoswald
Largs
Loudoun
Mauchline
Maybole
Monkton and Prestwick
Muirkirk
New Cumnock
Newton-on-Ayr ( 1779 - 1975 )
Ochiltree
Old Cumnock
Riccarton
Straiton ( - 1975 )
Symington ( - 1975 )
West Kilbride
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Ayrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The population of Ayrshire is approximately 366800. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the The Open Championship twice in the last seven years and eight times in total. Approximately 200,000 visitors came to Troon during the 2004 Open. It was the members of Prestwick Golf Club who first created The Open Championship in 1860 with the club hosting the event twenty-four times up until 1925.

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