see also Shield in Old Cumnock near Benston, Shield and Taiglim
Yhe History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
pp122,123
"DRONGAN CASTLE
The earliest references to Drongan Castle date from the fourteenth century. A number of old charters from that period refer to the lands and their owners. In the early 1300s, the lands were divided amongst various members of the family of d'Aubigne, or Albini, of Ayr. Adam of Ayr owned Shield, Knockguldron and 'Antitigille'. John, his son, held the 'penny lands' of Nether Shield. The 'two-penny' lands of Shield were owned by Reginald, son of Reginald of Ayr, who was also a descendant of d'Aubigne. The name d'Aubigne has been spelled variously as Albini, Dibin or Dobney over the years.
In the latter part of the fourteenth century Alan Stewart bought Shield from John, son of d'Awbine. a descendant of Albini. Alan Stewart was the son of Alan Stewart, a cousin of the king."
1841 Sheil, Stair, two households. Jean 86 and Ann Linton, 14
1901 Walter Kerr 29, dairyman with wife Margaret 31 and sons Hugh and William 3 and 2. Mary McGinn 14 is a domestic servant and Thomas Kerr is boarding while working as a pitheadman
In 1919 the farm was put up for sale with the rest of the estate of Drongan, and Hugh Wallace bought the farm he had be renting.
1855/1857 Shield (P of Stair detached)
A small but long low thatched building, one storey high and only in tolerable repair to left of the turnpyke road from Ayr to Cumnock. The property of Mr Oswald and was at present as a farm house.
Transferred from the parish of Stair to the parish of Ochiltree (Hay Shennan report 1889)
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
p332
Shield
Scheill in 1779. 279 acres in 1919.
1518-1522 Peter Rankin
1522- William Rankin
1705 Stair Estate -
c1780 Drongan Estate - William Ferguson
1855 Drongan Estate -
1865 Drongan Estate - James Osborne
1899 Drongan Estate - James Sloan
1905-1919 Drongan Estate - Hugh Wallace
1919- Hugh Wallace
1930 William Wallace
1940 James Wallace
c1952-2009 Robert Paton (1937-2009)
2009-2021 John Paton (1965- )
1841 Sheil, Stair, two households. Jean 86 and Ann Linton, 14
William Simson 40 with Marion 30, Marion 9, Susan 7, Helen 5, James 3, William 2 and Jean under 1.
The Osbornes moved here from Killochside
1851 James Osborne 45 and wife Mary 28 farming 78 acres employing 1 labourer. Children are Mary 1 and Agnes under 1. Servants are Andrew Findlay 18, Isabella Steven 20, and Ann Murray 13, nurse.
1861 James 59 and Mary 37 farming 100 acres and have added to their family. They are Mary 11, Agnes 10, Robert 8, William 6, James 3, Matthew Mair 2 , and Margaret and Hugh both under 1, twins. John Davelin 23 is a ploughman and Jean Muir Ritchie 17, dairymaid.
1871 James 68, Mary 48, and family Mary 21, Agnes 20, Robert 18, William 16, James 13, Matthew 12 and Hugh 10.
James died and the family moved to Drumjoan, Ochiltree.
1881 No entry found for the farm. The two tenants in the Valuation Rolls for 1885 are in neighbouring farms, so it is possible that the land was taken by them and the farm house may have been sub-let. There is an entry for John Wilson 36, a coal salesman living at Shields, 1, Stair. He has wife
Annabella 34, sons John 13 and Robert 10 and daughter Annabella 6. They have a boarder, William Murdoch, 69, farmer.
Now the farm is located in Ochiltree parish after boundary changes.
1901 Walter Kerr 29, dairyman with wife Margaret 31 and sons Hugh and William 3 and 2. Mary McGinn 14 is a domestic servant and Thomas Kerr is boarding while working as a pitheadman
In 1919 the farm was put up for sale with the rest of the estate of Drongan, and Hugh Wallace bought the farm he had be renting.
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| The Scotsman November 1919 |
Valuation Rolls
Stair Parish
1865 Proprietor Alexander H Oswald, tenant James Osborne
1885 Proprietor John Yorke, tenants John Robertson, James Sloan
Ochiltree parish
1895 Tenant William Craig
1905 Tenant Hugh Wallace.
1920 prop. Hugh Wallace.
1930 prop. William Wallace.
1935 prop. James Wallace (subjects include billiard saloon and shop).
1940 prop. James Wallace and James Montgomerie, tenant William Wallace.
