Knockguldron, Ochiltree

Knockguldron  - map  showing  it  lying  north west of  the  Water of   Coyle - the  Ochiltree/Coylton parish boundary.

 

 

Satellite view of what remains ofKnockguldron steading, under trees.

The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love

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Knockguldron

1795                                        - Andrew Lennox (d1799)

1841                                        - William MacAdam

        -1845                              - Alexander Gemmell

1845-

1851-1861                             - James Weir

1871                        Jean MacAdam of Craigengillan - Polquhairn Estate

                                William Miller

1881                                       - James Kelly

1886-1901               Hon. Augustus Murray Cathcart of Brockloch -

                                Polquhairn Estate - Alexander Bell (1858-1931)

1914                        Hon. Augustus Murray Cathcart of Brockloch - Adam Smith

                                John MacMillan

1923-1925              Maj. Frederick Adam Cathcart - Mungo Wallace

1937                                        - David Welsh

1940                                        - Archibald Pyper

1945                       Polquhairn Estate

Galloway News and Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser September 1886

Scotsman , October 1937

Census

1841 William McAdam 55, and Mary McAdam 40

1851 James Weir 56, Shepherd with wife Rosanna 54

1861 James Weir 66, Shepherd, wife Rosanna 60 and son James 34, cattle dealer and Mary Howie 17, domestic.

1871 William Miller 34, shepherd and wife Marion 30 with daughters Janet 9, Margaret 8, and sons William 6, Andrew  4, and Robert G 1.

1881 James Kelly 68, shepherd and wife Agnes 54 , son William 15, and daughter Margaret 11, and Jean Muir, mother-in-law 80 formerly a domestic servant (cook)

1891 Alexander Bell 33, shepherd, wife Robina 27, daughters Mary J 6 and Maggie 1 and son Robert 4, and James Baird 25, boarder, shepherd.

1901 Alexander Bell 43, wife Robina 37 and daughters Margaret 11, Christina 9, Ruth W 7, and Wilhelmina 4.  Also James McMoran 30, boarder, shepherd

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."

Valuation Rolls

 Heidmark is included with Knockguldron.  1865 Prop. The Hon. Mrs Jean MacAdam; tenant J P Wilson.  1895 Prop. The Hon. Augustus Murray; tenant J P Wilson.  1915 prop. Major F A Cathcart; tenant Adam Smith.  1925, tenant Mungo Wallace.  1940 tenant Archibald Pyper.