Old Photograph Thatched Cottage Townfoot Dunlop Scotland

Old photograph of a thatched cottage in Townfoot, Dunlop in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In 1791 Dunlop is recorded as having six masons, twelve weavers, three smiths, three shoemakers, four tailors and three inn keepers; by 1874 the village had 10 shoemakers, 8 masons, 6 weavers, 6 smiths, 5 wrights and 1 tailor, but no baker or flesher and the people's health was such that no surgeon was need or writer or lawyer. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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