OPR baptism
1705 Hugh McCowan son lawful to Robert McCowan and Jane Nicol in Barmickhill was baptised 18th February
Jennifer Kirkland
1851 census shows Hugh Patrick 38 farmer of 99 acres wife Margaret (Black) and 4 children
Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald 17/6/1871
Barmickhill has a field named 'Wee Specs' - see the link above to the map showing exactly why....
John Nimmo and wife Agnes Riggans there 1881, 1891, 1901
Kirklands from about 1915 (bought the farm from Dumfries estate)
Valuation Roll
1855 tenant John MacNeight
1885 prop Marquis of Bute
1895 tenant John Nimmo
1915 tenant James Kirkland
1925 prop James Kirkland
James Kirkland 1915 -1940 valuation rolls








