Horse Tax 1797-98 Thomas Bell, Crooks, one horse.
Gone, ruin
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| Crook on OS 6 inch map 1857 |
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| Crook on map of Turnpike Roads, New Cumnock parish 1850 |
1841 William McCartney 50, with Sarah (Duff) 35 and children Robert 5, James 3, and Margaret under 1.
A second household has William Smith 25, Jane 20, and Thomas under 1.
By 1855/57, Scotlands Places describes Crook as "The remains of an old farm house"
In the census, William Arthur is the tenant at Wellhill, and has a son, also William who may have been living at Crook
Valuation Rolls
1855 tenant William Arthur. No further entries until 1920 when Mrs Sarah McKnight or Downie is shown as the proprietor of a house called Crookcott, Afton Bridgend, but nothing remains today of where Crook stood.
