Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Genealogy

Coylton, Ayr, Scotland (#583)

History

This history was  written in 1841.

The parish received its name from the river Coyl. The word Coyl is Gaelic and signifies wood. It is thought that at one time this district may have been a forest.

Ayr and Coylton Village are the closests villiages in the parish.

A branch of the family of the Crawfords of Camlarg and Drongan was the founder of an old family, the Crawfords of Drumsuy in Coylton. William the first of this name, is designed in writ under the Great Seal in 1567, “W. Crawford of Drumsoy.”

The land was primarily used for, cattle, sheep, dairy products, barley, wheat, turnip, title works, potatoes, and rye-grass hay.

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he population in 1791=667 The population in 1841=1484