Changue - Old Cumnock

Kirk Session minutes

1743

William Hamilton of Chang, aged about 27 in May 1743, gave evidence to Cumnock Kirk Session in relation to Marjory Murdoch, an unwed mother.

OPR

1743 baptism William Mitchell, son lawful to John Mitchell and Marion Black in Chang was baptised February 4th 1743

1786 baptism Jean Wight lawful daughter of John Wight and Janet Porteous in Chang born on the 15th and baptised on the 18th May 1786

1791 baptism Sarah lawful daughter to John MacCrae and Jean Cowan in Chang was born on 31 day of May and baptised on 1 June

In  the  past, sometimes called  Meikle Shang.

William Johnson's map of 1828

Horse Tax 1797-98      Robert Andrew  Changue  2 horses

from 1964 Stevensons  calendar

Changue 1974 Robert Stevenson

Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald 25th Jan 1868 
Land taken from Changue to  build the  Ayr Cumnock Railway, which opened in 1872.

The railway created the site for  Glengyron Row as it cut through the top  of Bankend. First record for Glengyron Row was in 1872.
 
Amalgamated with part of Glengyron and Cairn farms in 1983.

David Stevenson (1870 to 1932) and  his  wife Jessie O S Murray ( 1871-1920) at Changue front  door. Their eldest  son  John  is on  the  left ( 1907 -1975). He  bought Changue ,Crofthead and Garrallan  from  Col Boswell in  1951.

1940 Calendar  for  SDF (  Stevensons' Dairy  Farms ) 

Changue became  the  location  of  a  milk  processing  business  from  Nov 1936 to May 2003. It supplied an area  from Muirkirk to  Ayr     , including Mauchline  and  north Dumfriesshire, and the Carrick area  too.  

1869

1975

Patrick Wardrop farmer Changue obit CC 1913

David Stevenson Farmer Changue wedding and presentation CC 1903

Agnes S Sloan ( Nan) b 1909 ready  to  help at milking c1920 Changue with dairymaid.

 

 

VR 1865 prop Patrick Boswell.  1885 prop Marquis of Bute (Little Changue and Glengyron), tenant David Vallance.  1915 tenant David Stevenson (Changue and Garallan), tenant James Vallance (Little Changue and Glengyron).  1920 prop J D Boswell (Changue and Garallan) prop Marquis of Bute (Little Changue and Glengyron), tenant David Stevenson (Changue and Garallan) James Vallance (Little Changue and Glengyron).

The   Stevenson  family took on  Changue  in Nov 1867 , with  the   Wardrop  family  moving  to  Garlaff. Crofthead was  added  to  the   tenancy  in  the  1920s. An  enlarged  unit  consisting   of  parts  of  Cairn  and  Glengyron was  sold  in  March 2019.