Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old Photographs Riccarton Scotland
Old photograph of Riccarton situated across the River Irvine from Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. The river Irvine divides the parishes of Riccarton and Kilmarnock and the river used to form the boundary between the districts of Kyle and Cunninghame. The origin of the name Riccarton is from a corruption of Richard's town. This Richard was Sir Richard Wallace, uncle of William Wallace. The village had a railway station by this name on the Gatehead and Hurlford branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. It closed officially on 5 July 1965.
Old photograph of Riccarton situated across the River Irvine from Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
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