James Wardrop was a grandson of Thomas Wardrop, Crofthead , Cumnock and farmed Hill at Cumnock ( next to Knockterra and Dumfries House Station). Sometimes I've seen it called Hill of Leifnoris, as that is the old name for Dumfries House.
Location 55 26 32N, 4 18 30W
‘Leifnorris is first recorded in 1440 and was held by the Craufuirds who erected a strong stone tower house and held it till the mid-seventeenth century. A mile to the east stood Terrinzean Castle, earlier known as Craufurdstoun. This too belonged to a branch of the Craufuirds before 1467, when it passed to the Earl of Arran and eventually to the Earl of Loudoun (one of whose titles is Baron Terrinzean). The ruins of Leifnorris and Terrinzean were excavated by the third Marquess of Bute and the latter partially restored’. - Source: The New History of Cumnock by John Strawhorn (page 16/17)
The McCowans in Hill and elsewhere are well documented by their descendants in Canada http://mccowan.org/your.htm
OPR
Baptism 1743 John McCown Son lawful to John McCowan and Marion Dalrymple in Hill was baptised May 24th 1743
Marriage: 20/10/1758 Old Cumnock
James Kerr, smith in Parish of New Cumnock and Margaret McCowan daughter of deceased John McCowan tenant in Hill of Leifnorris Parish of Old Cumnock.
VR no entries for Hill or Hill of Leifnorris.
George Wardrop was in Hill farm by the 1881 census/ He was a Farmer of (130 Acres Arable)
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| James Wardrop Hill farm presentation CC 1919 |
1841 Census - Hill, Cumnock
Charles Crichton, 65, farmer
then his son
then his son
1851 Census - North & West Hill
James Crichton, 38, farmer of 132 acres (married Elizabeth Shankland 31/12/1846)
1861 Census - Hill Farmhouse
James Richmond - farmer of 130 acres emp 2 men 3 women (previously Longhouse)
1871 Census - Hill Farmhouse
James Richmond - farmer Of 152 Acres 145 Arable Employing 1 Labourer
1881 Census - Hill Farm
George Wardrop - farmerr of 130 acres arable (wife Martha Kerr Craig)
1891 Census -Hill Farm
George Wardrop - farmer
1901 Census - Hill Farm
George Wardrop - farmer
Hill Farm was sold c1973 on the Wardrops retiral, to Mr King from Liverpool.
Later sold to Jim Mair, farmer and agricultural contractor.
