A burgh of barony was a type of Scottish town ( burgh ).
10-594: Maybole is a town and former burgh of barony and police burgh in South Ayrshire , Scotland. It had an estimated population of 4,580 in 2022. It is situated 9 miles (14 km) south of Ayr and 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway . The town is bypassed by the A77 . Maybole has Middle Ages roots, receiving a charter from Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick in 1193. In 1516 it
20-483: A farm on the outskirts of Maybole. The town has three primary schools: Cairn Primary, Gardenrose Primary and St Cuthberts Primary. The secondary school for Maybole is Carrick Academy (a school of Rugby). The local football club, Maybole Juniors F.C. , play at Ladywell Stadium. They are members of the West of Scotland Football League . The lyrics of The Waterboys ' " Glastonbury Song " include: "I dreamed myself from
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40-429: The landowner the right to hold weekly markets. Unlike royal burghs, they were not allowed to participate in foreign trade . In practice very few burghs of barony developed into market towns . Over 300 such burghs were created: the last was Ardrossan in 1846. From 1833 inhabitants of such burghs could form a police burgh governed by elected commissioners. In some cases the existing burgh continued to exist alongside
50-563: The Maybole combination poorhouse. Maybole is a short distance from the birthplace of Robert Burns , the Scots national poet. Burns's mother was a Maybole resident, Agnes Brown. In the nineteenth century, Maybole became a centre of boot and shoe manufacturing. Margaret McMurray (??-1760), one of the last native speakers of a Lowland dialect of Scottish Gaelic , is recorded to have lived at Cultezron (not to be confused with nearby Culzean),
60-539: The arms of burghs matriculated by his office: a "coronet suitable to a burgh of barony" was a red mural crown , whereas that for a police burgh was blue in colour. All burghs were abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 . However, feudal titles (such as baronies , lordships and earldoms ) formally attached to the lands have been preserved (section 63 of Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 ), and are still recognised by
70-552: The police burgh. Remaining burghs of barony were abolished in 1893 by the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 ( 55 & 56 Vict. c. 55). Where a police burgh had been formed it absorbed the burgh of barony, in other cases the burgh was dissolved. From that date there was no practical difference between burghs of barony and other police burghs, though a distinction was still sometimes made. For instance, in 1957 Lord Lyon introduced distinctive "burghal coronets" to be displayed above
80-516: The sultry plains, To the old green square back in old Maybole ..." Burgh of barony Burghs of barony were distinct from royal burghs , as the title was granted to a landowner who, as a tenant-in-chief, held his estates directly from the crown. (In some cases, they might also be burghs of regality where the crown granted to lords of regality , who were leading noblemen, judicial powers to try criminals for all offences except treason). They were created between 1450 and 1846, and conferred upon
90-643: Was made a burgh of regality , although for generations it remained under the suzerainty of the Clan Kennedy , afterwards Earls of Cassillis and (later) Marquesses of Ailsa , the most powerful family in Ayrshire. The Marquess of Ailsa lived at Cassillis House, just outside Maybole until its sale in 2007. In the late seventeenth century, a census recorded Maybole was home to 28 "lords and landowners with estates in Carrick and beyond." In former times, Maybole
100-565: Was the capital of the district of Carrick, Scotland , and for long its characteristic feature was the family mansions of the barons of Carrick. Maybole Castle , a former seat of the Earls of Cassillis, dates to 1560 and still remains, although aspects of the castle are viewed as "of concern". The public buildings include the town-hall, the Ashgrove and the Lumsden fresh-air fortnightly homes, and
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