Wednesday, 12 August 2020

Polquhap, Old Cumnock

Location various spellings and misspellings Polwhap, Polquhaup

1841 census James Baird 55 farmer at Polquhap with family and 3 others
1851 census still James Baird 65 Farmer Of 20 Acres
1861
1871 census John Murdoch had moved from Shield to Polquhap Taiglem
He died at Taiglem in 1877

 

Valuation Roll

1855 lands of Polwhap William Gray tenant occupier who seems to have been there until his death in 1880 By 1885 Henry Cowan is the proprietor of a house and byre at Polquhap. He is married to Elizabeth, the daughter of William Gray.