Several interpretations of 'Burnwelltrees' in census records: Burnaltrees, Burnswalltrees, Burn Wellprees, Barnwelltrees.
Eddie RutherfordI was born in John Allan Drive in 1950 and it was always referred to as Burnwelltrees and most people pronounced it as Burmeltrees.
Burnwelltrees is a property across the Horsecleugh Burn from Skerrington Mill.
By 1895 it was associated with Horsecleugh farm
Now gone, under Caponacre industrial estate.
OPRs
1741 baptism: William McGechan son lawfull to John McGechan and Jean Slowan in Burnwell Trees was baptised March 29th 17141
1745 Elizabeth Hamilton daughter of William Hamilton and Jean Osburn
Jean Mair in 1797
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| Caledonian Mercury 1797 |
This seems to have endured as a smallholding, as this announcement in the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald of 1898 shows, although this name does not appear on the Valuation Roll.
In 1897 William Main was living at Bankend. This seems a likely candidate for William Main in Cumnock Connections based entirely on his occupation.
Census
1841 Thomas Pearson 30, agricultural labourer with Margaret 25, Margaret 7, John 6, James 4, Mary 3, and Janet 1.
In 1841 Matthew Sharp and his family are living at Glaisnock Lotts.
1851 Burnswalltree, Matthew Sharp 43, ironstone miner with wife Anny 42, daughters Chatrine 13, Anny 10, Elisabeth 3, and Agnes 1, sons John 8 and William 8.
1861 Matthew Sharp 51, ironstone miner with wife Ann 50, daughters Elizabeth 13 and Agnes 11, and son Matthew 8.
1871 Burnaltrees, Ann Howat or Sharp 62 farming six and a half acres arable employing 1 boy. Daughter Agnes 21, dairymaid, Son Matthew 18, joiner, and James S Hodge 1, grandson.
1881 Ann Sharp 72 widow and her son and daughter living at Barnwelltrees. The farm is 4 acres (about the size of one field) employing 1 woman. Daughter Agnes is 31, and son Matthew 28 is employed as a joiner. James T. Hodge 11, grandson is also living with them.
Census records don't have any listing after 1881, but it appears to have been used by William Main as a market garden.
In 1930 it was lumped in with nearby Horsecleugh farm with Matthew Stoddart who died in 1954 as the tenant and the trustees of Lord Skerrington the proprietor. Living in properties (bothies?) on Burnwelltrees were tenants Robert Gilliland retired ploughman and James Kay ploughman.
Valuation Roll
1855 prop Robert Campbell, tenant Matthew Sharp.
1885 prop William Campbell, tenant Ann Howat or Sharp.
1895 tenant John Simpson. (in the census of 1891 he is living alone at Horsecleugh farm.)
1905 tenant Marcus Bain (farm now shown as Horsecleugh and Burnwelltrees, living at Horsecleugh).
1915 prop Lord Skerrington (formerly Campbell).
1920 tenant James Bain. (brother of Marcus Bain)
1935 tenant Matthew Stoddart.
