Horse Tax 1797-98 James McCrae 2 horses
Location 55 25 23N, 4 16 29W hill farm at 800 ft
Old Cumnock Kirk Session Records 11/1/1807
Agnes Cowan, daughter of Charles Cowan in Silverburn acknowledged herself with child and declared that John Sharp, son of James Sharp farmer in Muirdyke, is the father of her child.
1841 census Hugh Sharp 40 and wife Margaret (Lapraik) 40 with children and other young family members
1871 census George McCririck is a Farmer Of 200 Acres Of Which 150 arable, Employing 6 Labourers with wife Jane (Russell) elderly father in law, 5 children 3 servants and 2 vagrants
1881 census George McCririck 56 and wife Jane 50 are farming 200 acres 140 arable employing 1 man. Daughters Janet 19 and Jane 13, and son James 17 live with them at Muirdyke. They have a farm servant James Osborne 36, and also present is Jean Stewart 77, a vagrant, formerly a weaver.
Still there in 1891
George McCririck died at Muirkyke in 1893
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald - Friday 28 April 1893
George McCririck of MuirDyke Farm Cumnock
In 1901 census George's son James McCririck 37 is the tenant with his wife Agnes, 3 children, widowed mother and 2 servants
1950s (from 1955 SDF calendar)
Valuation Roll (also shown as Muirdykes and Muirdyke and Mosshouse)
1855 prop Richard Bannatyne, tenant William Martin. 1865 tenant William Smith. 1875 prop Robert Campbell. 1895 tenant James McCririck. 1905 prop John Marshall, tenant James Lymburn. 1915 tenant Hugh Lymburn. 1920 prop David Stevenson. 1940 occupier William Cowan.
Muirdyke steading and inbye ground sold c1962 to Archie Stevenson , and sold again late 1960s to Wm McDonald (Cumnock paint shop owner)
Land west of the farm road got open casted. Steading and restored ground bought by Mrs Williams. Sold again to Hodge family.
Now operated as an equestrian business.
Eastern half of Muirdyke owned and run with Changue 1974-2018, then sold and planted as new woodland 2019.
