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| Headmark Moss , which is well south of Knockguldron and in Dalmellington Parish. |
Location
Scotlands Places 1855/57
The only entry referring to Head Mark is for Head Mark Lane - a small stream collecting at the north base of Greengate Rigg in a northerly direction by Head Mark Farm House till joins Black Water north of it.
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
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Headmark
1672 - James Cannon
1826 - Thomas Gemmell
1855 - Alexander Gemmell
1899-1901 Hon. Augustus Murray Cathcart of Brockloch-
Polquhairn Estate - Alexander bell (1858-1931)
1914 Hon. Augustus Murray Cathcart of Brockloch - Adam Smith
1923-1925 Maj. Frederick Adrian Cathcart - Polquhairn Estate
Mungo Wallace
1945 Polquhairn Estate
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
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"The lands of Knockguldron and Heidmark, located on the southern extremity of the parish, and comprising unimproved moorland and peat bogs, was in 1899 the property of Hon. Augustus Murray Cathcart of Brockloch. He lived at Mowbray House, Ripon. The lands were leased to James Pettigrew Wilson of Polquhairn."
Census
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| From a 1923 list of sheep farm's earmarks. |
Census
1841 James Weir 25, Ann Clement 25, and Alexander McCron 15.
1851 James Clement 35, shepherd, son William 13, and Janet Crawfurd 60, mother-in-law.
1861 William Wilson 52, shepherd and wife Jane 50, sons James 16, and William 9, and daughter Mary 12.
1871 No further census entries for Ochiltree
Valuation Rolls
1855 tenant of lands Alexander Gemmell (of Glencairn Cottage, and Inn Keeper, Ochiltree)
1895 - House & Farm of Heidmark & Knockguldron - Proprietor: The Hon. Augustus
Murray Cathcart
Tenant: James Wilson Pettigrew
1905 - House & Farm of Heidmark & Knockguldron - Prop: The Hon. A.M. Cathcart
Inhabitant/Occupier: William Dickson
1930 & 1935 - as above Prop: Maj. F.A. Cathcart
Tenant/Occupier: Mungo Wallace
1940 - Farm Heidmark & Knockguldron Prop: Maj. F.A. Cathcart
Tenant: Archibald Pyper
