Lugar is a small village in East Ayrshire, southwest Scotland. East Ayrshire ( Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 Council areas of Scotland. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Lugar is in Auchinleck Parish, Kyle District, Ayrshire. For the World War II Field Marshal see Sir Claude Auchinleck. Kyle (or Coila, poetically is a former Comital district of Scotland which stretched across parts of modern day East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir ʃir̴əxg̊ iɲiɾʲˈaːɾʲ is a Registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, It is 1. 5 miles (2. 4 km) ENE of Cumnock, and about 1-mile (1. Cumnock ( Cumnag in Gaelic is a Town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. 6 km) from Cronberry and 2 miles (3. 2 km) from Gasswater. Lugar is a station on the Mauchline and Muirkirk branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. Mauchline (pronounced "Mawkh-linn" Mhacha Linn in Gaelic meaning 'the pool of Macha Rua' is a town in the county of East Ayrshire Muirkirk ( Eaglais an t-Sléibh in Gaelic is a small village in East Ayrshire, southwest Scotland. The Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR one of the pre- grouping railway companies, served a triangular area of south-west Scotland, between Glasgow Lugar is about 16. 5 miles (26. 6 km) SE of Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock (Cill Meàrnaig locally known as Killie) is a large Burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of 44170
Lugar was once dominated by a large ironworks with several blast furnaces. Like the mining industry in nearby areas, though, the iron industry has been decimated by economic decline. Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body The Lugar ironworks closed long ago.
Lugar was built to accommodate the workers at the ironworks around 1845. They were houses in "miners' raws" (sic). On the 1860 Ordnance Survey Map the rows included Peesweip Row, Craigstonholm Row, Store Row, Back Row and Hollowholm Row. Ordnance Survey (OS is an Executive agency of the United Kingdom government (This map also shows a Curling Pond). Curling is a team Sport with similarities to Bowls and Shuffle board, played by two teams of four players each on a rectangular sheet of carefully prepared Other maps included Laigh Row, Double Row and High Row. The population grew to 753 in 1861, and 1374 in 1871. By 1881 it had 1353 people and 1891 people, according to the Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey (OS is an Executive agency of the United Kingdom government
The Lugar Institute was created in 1892 by a Mr. Weir of Kildonan. The Institute consisted of a lecture hall with a capacity of 400, a reading room, recreation room (for chess etc. ), billiard room and bowling alley. It was partially demolished, and some of the remaining parts have been recently restored.
A local church, established in 1867, is another prominent feature of Lugar.
White water rafting and kayaking is available in the Lugar region on the Lugar River, also known as the Lugar Water. The Lugar Water, or River Lugar, is created by the confluence of Bello Water and Guelt Water, both of which flow from the hills of the Southern Uplands
The Lugar Boswell Thistle Football Club is a Scottish football (soccer) club based there. Lugar Boswell Thistle Football Club are a Scottish Football (soccer club based in the town of Lugar, near Cumnock, Ayrshire. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The club is nicknamed The Jaggy Bunnets. They were formed in 1878 as a senior team, turning to the juniors after a short spell.
The 65th Ayrshire scout troop in the Kylesmuir District is based in Lugar. The Scout Association is the World Organization of the Scout Movement recognised Scouting association in the United Kingdom
Near Lugar, at Bello Mill Cottage on the estate of James Boswell in Auchinleck, William Murdoch was born in 1784. Bello Mill was a mill on the river called the Lugar Water, on the estate of James Boswell (Lord Auchenleck in Ayrshire, in Scotland. James Boswell 9th Laird of Auchinleck ( October 29, 1740 - May 19, 1795) was a lawyer diarist and Author born in Edinburgh William Murdoch (sometimes spelled Murdock) ( August 21, 1754 - November 15, 1839) was a Scottish engineer and inventor Murdoch did some important experiments on steam engines and was the inventor of gas lighting. Gas lighting refers to a technology used to produce light from gas usually methane but also including hydrogen and ethylene A cave where he carried out a lot of his experiments on coal gas can still be seen on the riverbank of the Lugar Water.
Ironworks
- 1845 - Lugar Ironworks opened
- 1848 - Muirkirk Branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway, Auchinleck to Muirkirk opened. The Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR one of the pre- grouping railway companies, served a triangular area of south-west Scotland, between Glasgow For the World War II Field Marshal see Sir Claude Auchinleck. Muirkirk ( Eaglais an t-Sléibh in Gaelic is a small village in East Ayrshire, southwest Scotland. The line served the Lugar Ironworks, the Muirkirk Ironworks and various coalmines
- 1856 - Lugar Ironworks bought by the Eglinton Ironworks Ltd
- 1928 - Lugar Ironworks closed. Site later used by the National Coal Board as regional headquarters and workshops. The National Coal Board (NCB was the Statutory Corporation created to run the nationalised Coal mining industry in Britain.
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