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| − | '''Cunninghame''' is the northern part of [[Ayrshire]]; one of the three traditional divisions of the county. | + | '''Cunninghame''' is the northern part of [[Ayrshire]]; one of the three traditional divisions of the county. It is the most populous of the three, with 188,832 residents as of 2011. |
Ayrshire is divided naturally by its three primary rivers all running in a generally westward direction to flow into the firth of Clyde: The [[River Irvine]] forms the southern boundary of Cunninghame, south of which is [[Kyle]]. | Ayrshire is divided naturally by its three primary rivers all running in a generally westward direction to flow into the firth of Clyde: The [[River Irvine]] forms the southern boundary of Cunninghame, south of which is [[Kyle]]. | ||
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*[[Ardrossan]] | *[[Ardrossan]] | ||
| − | *[[Beith]] | + | *[[Beith]] (part) |
*[[Dalry, Ayrshire|Dalry]] | *[[Dalry, Ayrshire|Dalry]] | ||
*[[Dreghorn]] | *[[Dreghorn]] | ||
| − | *[[Fenwick, Ayrshire|Fenwick]] | + | *[[Fenwick, Ayrshire|Fenwick]] |
| − | *[[Irvine]] | + | *[[Irvine]] |
*[[Kilbirnie]] | *[[Kilbirnie]] | ||
*[[West Kilbride]] | *[[West Kilbride]] | ||
Revision as of 18:36, 15 September 2018
Cunninghame is the northern part of Ayrshire; one of the three traditional divisions of the county. It is the most populous of the three, with 188,832 residents as of 2011.
Ayrshire is divided naturally by its three primary rivers all running in a generally westward direction to flow into the firth of Clyde: The River Irvine forms the southern boundary of Cunninghame, south of which is Kyle.
In the late nineteenth century Cunninghame was described as comprising the following civil parishes of:[1]
Outside links
- Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654
- Counties of Scotland, 1580-1928
- John Thomson's Atlas of Scotland, 1832
