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1726 5 June John Mitchell in Orchartt a child baptised called Margaret
Horse Tax 1797-98 Robert Wallace , Orchyard, 2 horses.
Gone. buildings demolished- amalgamated into Fore Rogerton when David Wardrop bought Fore Rogerton, for Adam Wardrop.
Valuation Rolls
Horse Tax 1797-98 Robert Wallace , Orchyard, 2 horses.
Barony of Auchinleck - Rented Lands*
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Orchard or Orchyard was acquired with Birnieknowe from John Cochrane about 1740 and let in 1787 and 1789 to William Murdoch's uncle, Robert Murdoch, who also had Upper Rigg in 1779. Its house repaired in 1789 and 1792, was let to Robert Wallace in 1790 and 1795.
* The Correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb,
Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate
Edited by Nellie Pottle Hankins and John Strawhorn
Edinburgh University Press and Yale University Press 1998
Letters to Andrew Gibb
'I think the repairs of the Orchard farm houses will be reasonable (1789 and 1792)
Auchinleck OPRs
5/12/1747 - Auchinleck Kirk - John Murdoch & Mungo Cochrane both in Orchard in this Parish pay to John Mitchell in Hill payment for the poor.
Jean Murdoch age 21, formerly residing in Orchard d 24/9/1783. Daughter of Robert Murdoch. Cause of death given: decay
Auchinleck Kirkyard - Lair Ref: 230
This stone was erected by Robert Wallace, farmer, Orchard his spouse...Mary...1797
The History of Auchinleck Village & Parish - Dane Love
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Orchard
In ruins before 1911
1797 Robert Wallace
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'By 1900 a further series of farms had been abandoned including...........Orchard and Woolmill (south of Fore Rogerton)'
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'In 1922 a new course (Golf Course) was opened on the lands of Fore Rogerton, using fields of Orchard, Knowe and Mill. Access to the course was from the back of the gas works.'
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Fore Rogerton incorporated Orchard since at least 1875
Censuses
The 1851 census shows Agnes Matheson 39 living in Orchard 1 along with her sons Allan Boyd 11, Thomas Boyd 6 and John Boyd 3.
The 1861 census shows Elizabeth Mathieson 78 living at Main Street along with her daughter Agnes Boyd 49 and grandchildren Thomas Boyd 16 mason, John Boyd 13 an apprentice mason and William 5.
The 1871 census for Orchard, Main Street shows Agnes Boyd 58yr old widow living there with her son William a 15yr old joiner.
In 1881 Agnes Boyd a 68yr old widow is a farmer in Orchard.
The 1891 census for Orchard describes Agnes Boyd 77yr old widow as a crofter.
The 1851 census for Orchard 2 shows Elizabeth Edgert a 63yr old widow living there with her son William Matheson a 23yr old agricultural labourer and grandson Thomas Bennet 18 road labourer.
The 1871 census shows Orchard Main Street now being occupied by William Ramsay a 57yr old widower who is described as a past manager.
The 1881 census for Orchard shows Jane Boyd a joiner's wife living there with her 3 children age 4 and under.
The 1891 census shows John Boyd 43 a mason living there with his wife Jane 46.
Gone. buildings demolished- amalgamated into Fore Rogerton when David Wardrop bought Fore Rogerton, for Adam Wardrop.
Valuation Rolls
1855 prop. Sir James Boswell, tenant William Alexander. 1865 prop. Lady Boswell, tenant James Alexander. 1875 described as Rogerton and Orchard, same prop. tenant Hugh Alexander. 1905 as well as the farm houses begin to appear and increase with each valuation period. 1935 tenant Mrs Agnes Alexander. 1940 prop. Adam Wardrop.
