Newfield ,Old Cumnock

Location 55 25 19N, 4 15 56W

Hugh Sharp (latterly at Muirdyke) and Margaret Lapraik had a son James Sharp born at Newfield in 1819.

Newfield Farm (Stevensons 1957 calendar) Newfield - before the new hayshed and buchts

Dipping at  Newfield  in  the  new  buchts. There was  a  nifty  circular  forcing pen  opening  onto  the  dipper  itself - where  shepherd  John  Robertson  (  in  white  shirt) is  standing. Once  dippped  the  sheep  stood in  the  concrete pens  nearest  the  camera  , to  allow  the  dip  to  drain  back  into  the  dipper. Nowadays  you'd  need  to  be clad  in  impervious  clothing - even if DDT  has  long  been  banned. There  was  a  new  midden  and  a  wee  hayshed  to  the  left  of  the  shot  too. Someone later  made  the  field in  middle  distance  into   ponds  for   jucks! Dad spent  his life  trying  to  drain  them. 1960s

 RMS

                                                   Ayr Advertiser January 1880


In the 1881 census James Gibson 62 and wife Agnes53 are farming 160 acres 80 arable.  Three of their family are also living at New Field; Andrew 30, Margaret22, and William 19.

Valuation Rolls
1855 prop Richard Bannatyne, tenant James Gibson.  

1875 prop Capt Robert Campbell, tenant Hugh Gibson.  

1895 tenant Andrew Gibson.  

1905 prop John Marshall.  

1920 prop David Stevenson, tenant John Beattie from Blackcraig, Glenafton, and Bowes, New Cumnock (with his brother Andrew former mason)

Newfield sold in 1984 to  Mr Nigel Bark ( cattle  dealer ) from Skegness , Lincolnshire.

Resold  in 1990s , briefly set  up  as a  deer farm , then  under  another  owner  as a  rare breeds park. Another  steading  and  house has  been developed  on  the  low  ground.

Dumfries and  Galloway Standard January 1917

Nowadays Islay Dog Rescue operates out of the site now called Glen Islay Farm