Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hurlford

Hurlford. town and quoad sacra par. with ry. sta., Riccarton par., Ayrshire - quoad sacra par. (partly also in Galston and Kilmarnock pars.), pop. 4699; town, on river Irvine, 2 miles SE. of Kilmarnock, pop. (including Barleith, and the vil. of Crookedholm in Kilmarnock par.) 4385; P.O., T.O.; has ironworks, fire-clay works, and a worsted spinning-mill, and in the vicinity are numerous collieries.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "town and quoad sacra parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Ayrshire ScoCnty
Place: Hurlford

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