alternate name Netherton
OPR 1744
David McCowan lawful son to James and Margaret McCowan in Little Auchingilsie was baptised Dec 18 1743
Horse Tax 1797-98 John Stilley, Netherton 2 horses
Horse Tax 1797-98 John Stilley, Netherton 2 horses
1841 Census - Little Auchingilsie
They farm 110 acres employing 2 men and 1 girl.
John McLonachan - farmer wife Ellen (Lapraik) and 5 children age 9yrs and under, 1 FS (f), and Marion Wilson (his mother) age 80 , Ellen McLonachan
Little Auchingilsie outhouse Alexander Ferguson 25 ag lab and James McCulloch 13 ag lab
He was there until his death in 1859.
William Steel died there in 1865. He was in Mossback in 1861
1881 census shows William Haddow 59, His wife Catherine (Robertson widow of William Steel) 55, and three step children, Matthew Steel 20 (later to take over the farm), John Steel 18, and Catherine Steel 16.They farm 110 acres employing 2 men and 1 girl.
1891 census shows Matthew Steel and wife Jane (Sloan)
Valuation Roll
1855 tenant occupier John McLanachan Little Auchengilsey
1865 shows only land , owner Marques of Bute
1915 tenant John Howat
1920 Proprietor is still the Marquis of Bute tenant occupier William John Howat
1925 tenant Mrs Howat
1940 Henry MacGarvie proprietor house and farm ,also shootings and woodland
1855 tenant occupier John McLanachan Little Auchengilsey
1865 shows only land , owner Marques of Bute
1915 tenant John Howat
1920 Proprietor is still the Marquis of Bute tenant occupier William John Howat
1925 tenant Mrs Howat
1940 Henry MacGarvie proprietor house and farm ,also shootings and woodland
The McGarvie family moved to Calton, Cumnock.
Netherton was ( except for the holm field north of the back New Cumnock road ,which is now in with Bowes) opencasted - as was the western half of Muirdyke, all the low ground on Meikle Auchengilsie , and Milzeoch in its entirety.
