Also known as Lochhill
Location OS first edition
In the Valuation roll, Lochhill is also referred to as East Lowes. The 1851 census infers that the two properties are distinct.
Lochhill Farm was re-named as East Lowes (It has since reverted to Lochhill)
Census
1841 shows James Weir 35 farmer, and Elizabeth 40 are listed for Laneside. Family, David Weir 15, and servants Rankin Park 25, Margaret Shields 12, and Robert Wallace 25. I can find no reference to this as a farm name in Scotlands Places, or on any map - Lochhill farm is situated close to the turnpike road, could this be yet another name for Lochhill or East Lowes? (EC)
1851 Listed for Lochhill, David Weir 27 with wife Grace 25 and children Agness 7, James 5, John 3, Elizabeth 2 and Jane under 1. David is a farm servant.
While at East Lowes, James Weir 47, farmer of 120 acres employing 2 labourers. Wife Elizabeth 49, servants George Park 16, James Gibson 21, Janet Park 18, housemaid, Eliza Kerr 20, dairymaid, and visitor John Steel 48, cattle dealer.
1861 James Weir 55 farmer of 195 acres employing 3 men and two women. Wife Elizabeth Park 59, grandson James Weir 15, and grand daughter Elizabeth 12, and visitors Mary McCemont 35 and John Weir 13. Servants are Margaret Milligan 25, Margaret Hanning 16, dairymaid, David Weir 19, Robert Cranford 19, ploughman, and lodger John Steel 60, cattle dealer.
1871 James Weir 66 farmer of 260 acres, 225 arable. Elizabeth 68, with grandchildren James Weir 24, ploughman, and Elizabeth 20. Servants are Bella Wilson 21, Jane Pollock 18, Alexander Connel 28, Thomas Hyslop 26, friend Agnes McMillan 16, and visitor Flora Weir 48, seamstress.
Obituary 1879
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| The Irvine Times 1879 |
1881 Listed for Lowes (East) farm, grandson of James Weir deceased, James Weir 35, farmer of 260 acres arable employing 3 men and 3 girls. Sister Jane 26, and servants John Lockhart 21, James S Henry 28, Mary Rafferty 19, and Jessie McKnight 17.
1891 Lochhill. James Weir 45 with wife Margaret 30 and children James 8, David 6, Agnes 4, and Grace 2. Servants are Elizabeth McLachland 21, Jessie Love 17, Janet Scott 15, nurse domestic, Andrew Telfer 18, and James Black 15.
1901 James 55 and Maggie 40 have added to the family with George 8, Maggie 5, Lizzie 1, and Jeanie under 1. Son David is not on the inventory. Servants are William Hare 28, ploughman, Agnes McConnell 29, and Maggie Park 18.
Valuation Roll
1865 proprietor Marquis of Bute, tenant James Weir (who died there in 1879)
James Weir is the name that appears through the valuation roll as tenant until 1920. The Weir family moved to Warnford, Troon, where there was a marriage announcement for Margaret Sloan Weir (daughter) who married James Hair of Kilmarnock in 1930, and another in 1929 for Elizabeth Clarke Weir to James Howie Wallace of Kilmarnock.
1925 proprietor Walter Young
Probate Ayr 28/8/1919
James Weir, farmer, Lochhill, New Cumnock died 28/3/1919 at Lochhill aforesaid testate. Confirmation granted at Ayr to Margaret Sloan or weir his widow, Walter Young farmer Mid-Lowes New Cumnock, and James Weir & George Weir, assistant draper, both of Lochhill aforesaid his sons/executors.
The farm was run by the Young family, who have provided these photographs from their time there. Scotlands Places of 1855/57 describes Lochhill as a farm house and offices close to the turnpike road, occupied by Mr James Weir. It would be interesting to find out when the fine farmhouse facing the road was built, and if it was contemporary with the farm buildings set behind shown in the 1957 photograph.
In 2020 Brian Young opened a milk vending machine on the roadside site.
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1957 Nancy Young |
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| Stevensons' calendar 1965 |
photos from Adele Young
Walter Young
1940s. chap on left ? a German POW
