pp 309,310
Burnockhill
119 acres in 1882, In ruins by 1957
1751-1770 Ochiltree Estate - Andrew McCowan
1797 William Campbell
1828 - John Merry
1841 - William Brown
1851-1855 Captain MacDermott - Agnes Brown (1816-18 )
1861-1871 - Agnes Brown (1816-18 )
1875-1891 James MacCosh, Dalry - William Brown, Glenconnor - Robert
Brown (1851- )
-1896 James MacCosh, Dalry - James Allan
1896-1899 Andrew Kirkwood MacCosh - Robert Orr
1901 - William Gibson (1850-19 )
1925 Thomas Howat
1891 census Agnes 76 farmer brother Robert farmer Nephew Robert Brown farm manager various family members and a female servant
These are children of John Brown and Mary Kerr
The 1841 census shows Robert Brown 20 and William Brown 30 farmers, Agnes Brown 25 servant and Mary Brown 15
1851 census Burnockhill has Agnes Brown 34 housekeeper brother Robert 32 farm labourer Mary Kerr 4 daughter Robert Brown 2 nephew and a female house servant
1861 census still Agnes as head of house with family members and a female servant
1871 census still Agnes as head of house with family members
1881 census still Agnes 66 as head of house with family members
1851 census Burnockhill has Agnes Brown 34 housekeeper brother Robert 32 farm labourer Mary Kerr 4 daughter Robert Brown 2 nephew and a female house servant
1861 census still Agnes as head of house with family members and a female servant
1871 census still Agnes as head of house with family members
1881 census still Agnes 66 as head of house with family members
1891 census Agnes 76 farmer brother Robert farmer Nephew Robert Brown farm manager various family members and a female servant
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
p237
Burnockhill No.1 Pit was sunk on the lands of Burnockhill farm, two miles south of the village, in July 1902......The mine closed in 1928.
Valuation Rolls
1855 Proprietor Captain R Fergushill - no tenant listed
1865 Proprietor Andrew Fergushill Crawford - Tenant William Brown - Land Burnockhill
1875 James McCosh is the proprietor and William Brown is the tenant.
1885 Tenant Robert Brown - Binnton and Barnockhill (Burnton and Burnockhill) - no proprietor listed.
1895 James Allan is the tenant of the house and farm of Burnockhill - no proprietor listed
1905 Howat/McCosh Proprietors and tenants. By 1905 the Howat family and Andrew McCosh have bought the farms of Burnton, Burnockhill between them.
1930 Proprietor Burnton and Burnockhill, Thomas Howat, tenant Mungo Howat. Andrew McCosh owns part of Burnockhill
1940 Part of Burnockhill is owned by John Drummond. The other part including the house and farm of Burnton and Burnockhill belongs to Mungo Howat.
