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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]].
  
In the late nineteenth century Cunninghame was described as comprising the following civil parishes of:<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=102210 Frances Groome, ''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland'', 1882-4, (Vision of Britain)]</ref>
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Cunninghame comprises the parishes of:<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=102210 Frances Groome, ''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland'', 1882-4, (Vision of Britain)]</ref>
  
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*[[Ardrossan]]
 
*[[Ardrossan]]
*[[Beith]] (part)
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*[[Beith]] (part)<sup>*</sup>
 
*[[Dalry, Ayrshire|Dalry]]
 
*[[Dalry, Ayrshire|Dalry]]
 
*[[Dreghorn]]
 
*[[Dreghorn]]
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*[[Dunlop]] (part)<sup>*</sup>
 
*[[Fenwick, Ayrshire|Fenwick]]
 
*[[Fenwick, Ayrshire|Fenwick]]
 
*[[Irvine]]
 
*[[Irvine]]
 
*[[Kilbirnie]]
 
*[[Kilbirnie]]
*[[West Kilbride]]
 
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*[[Kilmarnock]]
 
*[[Kilmarnock]]
 
*[[Kilmaurs]]
 
*[[Kilmaurs]]
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*[[Stevenston]]
 
*[[Stevenston]]
 
*[[Stewarton]]
 
*[[Stewarton]]
*[[Dunlop]] (part)
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*[[West Kilbride]]
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<sup>*</sup>: Extends into Renfrewshire.
  
 
==Outside links==
 
==Outside links==
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{{reflist}}
 
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[[Category:Ayrshire]]
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{{Ayrshire districts}}

Revision as of 17:49, 22 May 2020

Cunninghame in Blaeu's Atlas (1654)

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.

Cunninghame comprises the parishes of:[1]

*: Extends into Renfrewshire.

Outside links

References

Districts of Ayrshire

Carrick • Cunninghame • Kyle