Now: A & A Spittal
Categories: Coal and Fuel Merchants, Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale
Address: Berryhill Farm, Auchinleck, Cumnock, Ayrshire, KA18 2NB
Adjacent to Houston Hall, was let to Thomas Brown in 1787 and 1797
Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald. 7/6/1895
The History of Auchinleck Village & Parish - Dane Love
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Incorporated Houstonhall from at least 1875. 93 acres in 1962. 48 acres sold to Scottish Woodlands.
1875 Auchinleck Estate - James Miller
1899 Auchinleck Estate - Andrew Wallace
1925-1941 Auchinleck Estate - Elizabeth M Wallace Welsh
c1957 John Stevenson
-1962 Neil Thomson
1962-1996 Hugh Spittal (1901-1996)
1996-2015 Alistair Spittal (1938- )
David and a dairy maid
Jean Murdoch, who was the daughter of David Murdoch of Dalsalloch, died 9/4/1869 at Berryhill Farm.
1871 census still James Girvan 75 farmer of 80 acres and son David and a female servant
1871 census still James Girvan 75 farmer of 80 acres and son David and a female servant
James Girvan died 13/8/1878 at North Logan Farm, Sorn
Cumnock Connections Tree
1881 census shows James Miller 57 with wife Jane 57 farming 96 acres arable employing 1 man and 1 girl. Also living at Berry hill are son David 24 and niece Agnes Mitchell 15 along with servant Annie Miller 15. In the census they also have visitors with the surname Shanks.
The 1891 census shows James Miller 64 farming Berryhill with new wife Elizabeth (McConnell) 32 and a farm servant William McConnell.
The 1901 census shows Andrew Wallace 50 farming Berryhill with wife Elizabeth (McConnell) 42, daughter Barbara Wallace 20, daughter Elizabeth Wallace 10 and a 10yr old visitor.
Marriage Certificate 21/1/1896 for Andrew Wallace and Elizabeth Miller shows his status as widower and hers as widow.
Death certificate for Elizabeth Wallace - died 25/12/1939 at Berryhill Farm. She was the widow of 1st Andrew Richmond, farmer 2nd James Miller, farmer, 3rd Andrew Wallace, farmer
Valuation Roll 1855 prop Sir James Boswell, tenant James Girvan. 1895 tenant James Miller. 1915-40 tenant Mrs Elizabeth MacConnell or Wallace. 1930-40 prop. Lord Talbot de Malahide. Shown on VR as Houstonhall and Berryhill.
Valuation Roll 1855 prop Sir James Boswell, tenant James Girvan. 1895 tenant James Miller. 1915-40 tenant Mrs Elizabeth MacConnell or Wallace. 1930-40 prop. Lord Talbot de Malahide. Shown on VR as Houstonhall and Berryhill.
