Crookedholm

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Crookedholm

Coordinates55.60°, -4.46°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Hurlford is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, situated on the outskirts of Kilmarnock. It has a population of 4,968. Hurlford's former names include Whirlford and Hurdleford. The village was named Whirlford as a result of a ford crossing the River Irvine east of Hurlford Cross, near Shawhill. The census locality is called Hurlford and Crookedholm.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

John Boyd Dunlop

Scottish inventor

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Marjorie Bruce

Scottish princess (c. 1296 – 1316/17)

Andrew Fisher

Australian politician, fifth Prime Minister of Australia (1862-1928)

John Boyd Orr

Scottish nutritionist, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (1880-1971)

Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany

Scottish royalty, Duke of Albany

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Elizabeth Mure

Wife of Robert, who became Robert II of Scotland after her death

Thomas Burns

New Zealand minister (1796-1871)

David Dale

Scottish merchant

Walter Gore

British ballet dancer and choreographer (1910-1979)

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Andy Paton

Scottish football player and manager (1923-2014)

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Bob McCrindle

footballer

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Tom McKillop

Chemist, businessman, banker

Jennie Adamson

British politician (1882-1962)

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John Ballantyne

Scottish footballer (1892-?)

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John Howie

British businessman

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John Montgomery Templeton

Australian businessman

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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