A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Mansfield House, a mansion in New Cumnock parish, Ayrshire, 1½ mile E by N of New Cumnock village. It is the seat of Sir James Stuart- Menteth, third Bart. since 1838 (b. 1841; suc. 1870), who holds 2846 acres in the shire, valued at £1898 per annum, and whose grandfather, Sir Charles G. Stuart-Menteth, Bart. of Closeburn (1760-1847), a distinguished agricultural improver, acquired the estate by purchase. It is rich in coal and limestone; and, after coming into Sir Charles's possession, it underwent vast improvement at once in agriculture, in mining operations, and in the opening up of railway transit.—Ord. Sur., sh. 15, 1864.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Administrative units: | New Cumnock ScoP Ayrshire ScoCnty |
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