Sunday, 30 August 2020

Houston Hall, Auchinleck

next to Berryhill
and let to John McBirnie in 1787 and 1797

The History of Auchinleck Village & Parish - Dane Love
p 317
Houston Hall 
Attached to Berryhill from at least 1875

Johnson's  map  1828


The 1851 census shows James Girvan 54 farmer of 60 acres employing 3men, 1 woman and 1 boy. Also living there is his wife Jane (Murdoch - dtr of David Murdoch of Dalsalloch)  59, son James 28, son William 24, son David 21,  1 boy and 1 female general servant.
(By 1861 Census James Girvan and his family had moved into Berryhill)

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