Bonnyton, East Ayrshire

Last updated

Bonnyton
Neighbourhood and former village
Bonnyton from the air, 2023.jpg
Munro Avenue
Welcome to Bonnyton (2).jpg
Welcome to Bonnyton
NS4138 - Bonnyton Church - Kilmarnock.jpg
Bonnyton Church
Grange Academy building, Kilmarnock.jpg
Irvine Road and Munro Avenue junction, Kilmarnock - geograph.org.uk - 5063714.jpg
Irvine Road
East Ayrshire UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Bonnyton
Location within East Ayrshire Council area
Scotland location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Bonnyton
Location within Scotland
Scotland location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Bonnyton
Location within Scotland
Population3,741 
OS grid reference NS4138
Council area
Shire county
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Kilmarnock
Postcode district KA1
Dialling code 01563
Police Scotland
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°37′N4°31′W / 55.61°N 04.52°W / 55.61; -04.52

Bonnyton (Scots: Bonnietoun, Scottish Gaelic: Bonnyton) is a former village in East Ayrshire which is currently an area in the western part of the town of Kilmarnock in southwest Scotland. It is home to a mix of residential and commercial properties, centred around estates such as Bonnyton Road, Munro Avenue and Gibson Street.

Contents

Previously a village in its own right, Bonnyton was subsumed by Kilmarnock during the towns period of rapid growth and expansion in 1871. [1] In 2020, Bonnyton had a population of 3,741 inhabitants. For the purposes of population gathering, Bonnyton is named as Bonnyton and Town Centre. [2]

The area is home to the Bonnyton Industrial Estate, the HQ of both The KLIN Group and Brownings the Bakers, as well as nearby Kilmarnock railway station. The area is also home to Bonnyton Thistle F.C. who became members of the South of Scotland Football League.

History

Royal charter

The area of Bonnyton is believed to date back to 1316 where it is mentioned in a royal charter when Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, granted Sir Robert Boyd extensive lands at the Dean, including land at Bondington (now Bonnyton) and Hertschaw (now Hereshaw), for the support in the First War of Scottish Independence. In 1665 the Scottish Parliament passed an act to encourage cloth production in Scotland and soon afterwards three wool mills were set up at Ayr, Newmilns and Bonnyton.

Subsumed by Kilmarnock

The growth of Kilmarnock in population and geographical area swallowed up Bonnyton along with the old separate village communities of Beansburn and Riccarton. As a result, communities and villages around Kilmarnock lost their stature as villages due to the process of rehousing people who were dispersed to the new housing schemes. The new housing areas lacked adequate shopping and recreational facilities, and most of them were not within convenient walking distance of the old town centre. [1] Despite the growth in population of Kilmarnock, the town did not grow in terms of proportion, and construction of new building took place mostly on "gap sites", the construction of houses at Robertson Place by the Kilmarnock Building Company, being an exception. [3] Bonnyton became a part of Kilmarnock in 1871. [1]

This expansion led to Kilmarnock becoming a major centre in the west of Scotland. [1] By 1856, Kilmarnock was widely regarded as a key railway location when the Glasgow and South Western Railway re-located their workshops from Cook Street in Glasgow to Bonnyton. [4] Homes were constructed for the workers of the Glasgow & South Western Railway Company at Bonnyton Square and at other areas in Bonnyton. These houses were later demolished in 1966 and 1967. [4]

Recent history

The first Morrisons supermarket in Scotland opened in the Bonnyton area of Kilmarnock in West Langlands Street in 2004. [5]

Barclay House is a conversion of the former Caledonia Works, which is a category B listed building of the former Andrew Barclay & Son railway engineers. It is now home to 62 apartments in a contemporary style and the development is considered central to Kilmarnock Town Centre and the bus and railway stations. First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond visited Bonnyton to officially open the Andrew Barclay Railway Heritage Centre. Opened in January 2008 The Heritage Centre is home to Drake 2086, a locomotive originally built by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. in 1940. [6]

Geography, demographics and economy

Economy

Brownings The Bakers factory located in the Bonnyton Industrial Estate located in Munro Place Brownings, Kilmarnock.jpg
Brownings The Bakers factory located in the Bonnyton Industrial Estate located in Munro Place
Former Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. offices in Bonnyton, now the HQ of property development firm The KLIN Group Former Andrew Barclay office - geograph.org.uk - 2159524.jpg
Former Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. offices in Bonnyton, now the HQ of property development firm The KLIN Group

In 2020, the Scottish Government reported that Bonnyton had 475 business sites currently active and operational, contributing business and operational income towards the Economy of Scotland. [2] Property development and regeneration company The KLIN Group have their main HQ in Bonnyton, housed at Barclay House on West Langlands Street. [7] The area is home to the Bonnyton Industrial Estate situated in Munro Place, just off Munro Avenue. The estate serves as the production base for companies including Brownings the Bakers, All Things Office and The Electrical Network. [8]

Like much of the town of Kilmarnock, Bonnyton was home to a number of industrial and factory plants. Carpet yarn firm Blackwood Brothers Ltd. was located between Munro Avenue and Western Road. In October 1999, it was announced that Blackwood Brothers Ltd. was being put up for sale, claiming that it is a "loss making business that is continuing to make loses". At the time, the factory in Bonnyton employed 330 people. [9] The factory closed later in 1999. [10] Fashion brand and retailer Jaeger formerly occupied a large unit in the Bonnyton Industrial Estate which closed in 2002. At the time of the closure, 300 people were employed at the factory. [11]

The Bonnyton Fireclay Works were established on the west side of the area, south of the Dalry–Kilmarnock railway line. Bonnyton Fireclay Works is thought to have been established around 1876 by John Gilmour & Co. on the site of the Southhook Colliery No. 1 pit. Following bankruptcy in 1883, the company was bought by Anderson, Gilmour & Co., before Gilmour, Morton & Co. took over the business in 1899. In October 1899, the site suffered a serious fire within three drying sheds due to overheating stoves. Liquidation of the company occurred in 1908, at which time the company was in possession of 400,000 enamelled bricks within their stock.

Following liquidation, the company was taken over by Southook and Shawsrigg Fire Clay Co. Ltd, and the first rotary gas fired kiln to be installed in Ayrshire was installed at the Bonnyton Works factory in 1925. The company specialised in the production of white glazed sanitary ware, including the popular Espevit closet set, consisting of a toilet pan and water tank. In addition to this, wall mountable sinks and basins were also manufactured at the site, in addition to larger urinals that were commonly installed within men's toilets. One of the last remaining buildings in Kilmarnock to contain Southhook manufactured white glazed bricks is located in the areas North Hamilton Street, incorporated into a terrace of houses that were erected in 1883 and designed by Robert Ingram. Southhook also produced firebricks, sewage pipes, drain pipes and other unglazed goods, and at one time employed around 500 employees. By the early 1970s, the company became known as Howie–Southhook Ltd, before closing shortly after and the site being cleared by 1973. As of 2023, the site of the former Fireclay Works and Southhook factories are occupied by residential housing at Margaret Parker Avenue as well as occupied by the Southhook Industrial Estate. [12]

Delivery firm Yodel had, until 2021, its main delivery depot in Bonnyton at the Southhook Industrial Estate, just off Munro Avenue. [13] The company left the site in 2021 and moved to the Bonnyton Industrial Estate at nearby Munro Place. [14]

Geography

Welcome to Bonnyton floral display Welcome to Bonnyton.jpg
Welcome to Bonnyton floral display

Previously a village in its own right, Bonnyton was subsumed into Kilmarnock following extensive growth of the Kilmarnock area in 1871. [1] It is situated in the west of Kilmarnock, with the town centre coming under the Bonnyton catchment for the purposes of population census gathering. It is situated closely to the nearby village of Crosshouse which lies just outside Kilmarnock.

Bonnyton is a large geographic area, with an area hectare of 130ha. The majority of its population mostly lives out-with the centre of Bonnyton in areas such as Munro Avenue, Bonnyton Road, Lennox Crescent, Stirling Avenue and Yorke Place. As the majority of Bonnyton now lies within the town centre of Kilmarnock, most housing construction for residential purposes had to be constructed from the centre of the area away from industrial estates, factories and other areas of economic production of which Bonnyton (and Kilmarnock) were common for during the areas period of rapid growth. [15] To combat concerns over housing shortages in the area, East Ayrshire Council began building new houses within the centre of Bonnyton at Langlands Court, practice that had until 2015 been avoided due to the proximity to economic output areas. The housing project was completed by March 2015, marking the first housing development within the "centre area" of Bonnyton and not out-with the centre. [16]

Demographics

In the 2001 Scottish population census, Bonnyton had an estimated population of 3,722 inhabitants. [17]

In 2017, Scottish Government data indicated that within Bonnyton there were 2,325 dwellings, with an average cost in 1997 of £37,784 (£87,000 in 2023) and a median cost of £32,000. [18] By 2018, house prices in Bonnyton had reached an average of £75,000, a decrease from an average of £81,000 in 2014. [19] House prices reached a peak in 2017 when the average cost was estimated at £88,600. [19]

With a 94% attendance rate average across primary schools and the only secondary school, Grange Academy, educational attainment and performance in Bonnyton tends to be high. [20] In 2012/2013, the ratio of secondary school pupils who had achieved 5 SCQF awards by S4 was an average of 39.1% of pupils, above the local authority average within East Ayrshire of 35% of pupils. [21] In the same calculation period, 100% of secondary school pupils at S4 had attained gained awards in English and Maths at SCQF Level 3 or above, [22] against a local authority average of 92.4%. [23]

Education

Grange Academy is located within Bonnyton, and the areas only secondary school Grange Academy, Kilmarnock.jpg
Grange Academy is located within Bonnyton, and the areas only secondary school

In February 2009, a new Grange Campus, housing Grange Academy, Annanhill Primary School and Park School, opened following the closure of the former Grange Academy, Annanhill Primary and Park School buildings. The campus was officially opened by leader of East Ayrshire Council Councillor Douglas Reid and a prayer of dedication by the Very Rev Dr David Lacy. As well as providing primary, secondary and special education, the campus also provides learning and teaching opportunities within Scottish Gaelic and houses hearing impairment and visual impairment units. The site also houses the Grange leisure centre which is opened for use by the public and features amenities including a main hall with eight badminton courts, two gym halls, the assembly hall of Grange Academy as well as dance studio facilities. The construction and opening of the new campus was hailed as "Kilmarnock's showpiece" when opened in 2009. [24]

Grange Academy plays host to a Scottish Rugby Union 'School of Rugby'. [25] In 2012, the school was selected as the Ayrshire base for the Scottish Football Association's Performance Schools, a system devised to support the development of the best young talented footballers across the country (there are seven such schools across Scotland).

Grange Academy is a Scottish Football Association performance school, one of only seven across Scotland, with the aim to support the development of Scotland's best young footballing talent. The Performance Schools programme is designed to give talented boys and girls, with the best potential to develop their abilities, the opportunity to practise football everyday within an educational environment. [26]

Housing and living standards

Typical housing in Bonnyton, consisting of four in a block flats and semi-detached houses NS4138 - Houses on Bonnyton Road.jpg
Typical housing in Bonnyton, consisting of four in a block flats and semi-detached houses

In 2008/2009, the Scottish Government indicated that the estimated average median weekly income for households in Bonnyton was £371 per week which was slightly lower than the East Ayrshire average of £431 per week and the national average in Scotland of £468 per week in the same period. [27] [28]

By 2017, Bonnyton's housing consisted of various types of housing, a mixture of social housing provided by the local authority, privately owned housing development and ex-local authority housing bought by tenants under the Right to Buy scheme. The Right to Buy scheme in Scotland ended in July 2016, meaning tenants of council properties were no longer permitted to by their home from the local authority. [29]

Data collated in 2017 by the Scottish Government found that within Bonnyton 4.5% were detached houses, 70% flats, 17% semi-detached houses and 9.1% terraced houses. [30] In 2022, East Ayrshire Council granted permission for new social housing in Bonnyton, the councils first net zero housing development in the Bellevue Gardens area. [31]

Governance

Bonnyton is represented on East Ayrshire Council as Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse (shaded in red, shown within East Ayrshire) Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse.svg
Bonnyton is represented on East Ayrshire Council as Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse (shaded in red, shown within East Ayrshire)

Bonnyton Community Council represents the population within Bonnyton in areas of local importance and concern to residents, as well as raising funds for community projects and initiatives such as gala days, community events and special occasions. The community council is also involved in the planning and verdict of planning applications relating to the Bonnyton area. [32]

Bonnyton is represented on East Ayrshire Council as Ward 3 (Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse). The current political structure consists of four local councillors; Lillian Jones (Scottish Labour Party), Tom Cook (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party), Ian Linton (Scottish National Party) and Douglas Reid (Scottish National Party, also leader of East Ayrshire Council). [33] In the Scottish Parliament, Bonnyton is represented as part of the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency. The current MSP for the area is Willie Coffey. In the UK Parliament, Bonnyton is represented as part of the Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency. The current MP is Alan Brown.

Bonnyton, as part of the Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse ward, voted in the most recent election to East Ayrshire Council. The results are highlighted in the table below with Councillors elected in bold.

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Labour Lillian Jones (incumbent)28.21,662   
Conservative James Adams22.01,297   
SNP Iain Linton (incumbent)19.81,1681,219  
SNP Douglas Reid (incumbent)18.61,0931,142 1,149 1,182
Independent Frank McNiff6.3369475 516 517
Scottish Green Elizabeth Brown3.9228299 308 312
Alba Guy Njali Bola1.27181 82 83
Electorate: 13,347  Valid: 5,888  Spoilt: 70  Quota: 1,178  Turnout: 44.6%  

    Source: [34] [35]

    Since the creation of the Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse ward in 2007 in East Ayrshire Council, Bonnyton has been represented by the following councillors.

    ElectionCouncillors
    2007 Ian Linton
    (SNP)    		Douglas Reid
    (SNP)    		Robert Keohone
    (Labour)    		Tom Cook
    (Conservative)
    2012 Lillian Jones
    (Labour)
    2017
    2022 James Adams
    (Conservative)

    Transport

    A train bound for Kilmarnock passes through Bonnyton at Bonnyton Road Train for Kilmarnock on the Burns Line at Bonnyton Road, East Ayrshire.jpg
    A train bound for Kilmarnock passes through Bonnyton at Bonnyton Road

    Given its centralised location in Kilmarnock, Bonnyton has ample transportation services including regular bus services from Kilmarnock bus station to locations such as University Hospital Crosshouse, Irvine and Ardrossan. The area is connected to Troon by a Stagecoach bus service operating between Kilmarnock bus station and Troon, with the bus passing through Bonnyton. The Stagecoach Number 11 bus service passes through Bonnyton at the Irvine road before finally terminating at Ardrossan in North Ayrshire.

    The Kilmarnock railway station is located within Bonnyton, with train services from Kilmarnock to Glasgow Central railway station. Bonnyton, and the wider Kilmarnock area, has no international airport. The area is however served by nearby Glasgow Prestwick Airport (14 mi). Ryanair provide a number of flights from Glasgow Prestwick to various destinations across Europe.

    Sports

    Bonnyton Thistle F.C. became members of the South of Scotland Football League in 2017. Founded in 1912, they were previously a youth and amateur team.

    Despite their name referencing Bonnyton, their new home ground is The Synergy Arena, located in the Townholm area of Kilmarnock, which has a capacity of 1,000. It was opened in 2017 to coincide with the club's move into senior football. [36]

    The club's previous home ground, located in the Warwickhill Road area of Bonnyton, was vacated by the club in 2017 following their move to Townholm. Their new lease of the Synergy Area in Townholm is for a period of 25 years, lasting until 16 February 2042. During this period, East Ayrshire Council advertised the stadium at Warwickhill Road up for lease. [37]

    See also

    Related Research Articles

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Ayrshire</span> Historic county in Scotland

    Ayrshire is a historic county and registration county, in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. The lieutenancy area of Ayrshire and Arran covers the entirety of the historic county as well as the island of Arran, formerly part of the historic county of Buteshire. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire to the north-east, Dumfriesshire to the south-east, and Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire to the south. Like many other counties of Scotland, it currently has no administrative function, instead being sub-divided into the council areas of East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. It has a population of approximately 366,800.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">East Ayrshire</span> Council area of Scotland

    East Ayrshire is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquarters of the council are located on London Road, Kilmarnock. With South Ayrshire and the mainland areas of North Ayrshire, it formed the former county of Ayrshire.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Ayr</span> Administrative centre and town in Scotland

    Ayr is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. A former royal burgh, today it is the administrative centre of the South Ayrshire Council, and the historic county town of Ayrshire. With a population of 46,982, Ayr is the 15th largest settlement in Scotland and second largest town in Ayrshire by population. The town is contiguous with the smaller town of Prestwick to the north. Ayr submitted unsuccessful bids for city status in 2000 and 2002, and as part of the wider South Ayrshire area in 2022.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Kilmarnock</span> Burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland

    Kilmarnock is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main commercial and industrial centre.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Troon</span> Town and sea port in Scotland

    Troon is a town and sea port in South Ayrshire, situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, about eight miles north of Ayr and three miles northwest of Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Troon has a port with ferry and freight services, and a yacht marina. Up until January 2016, P&O operated a seasonal ferry service to Larne. In May 2006, a ferry service to Campbeltown was added, although this was withdrawn the following year. Since March 2024, Caledonian MacBrayne have operated a ferry service to Brodick on the Isle of Arran.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Grange Academy, Kilmarnock</span> School

    Grange Academy is an 11–18 non-denominational secondary school based in Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It serves the Bonnyton and town centre areas of the town, with the associated primaries being Crosshouse Primary, Annanhill Primary, Hillhead Primary, Gargieston Primary and Shortlees Primary.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Hurlford</span> Village in Scotland

    Hurlford is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, situated on the outskirts of Kilmarnock, the largest and administrative centre of East Ayrshire and East Ayrshire Council. 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. It shares its name in Gaelic, Baile Àtha Cliath with the Irish capital Dublin. The census locality is called Hurlford and Crookedholm.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Kilmarnock Academy</span> School in East Ayrshire, Scotland

    Kilmarnock Academy, formerly Kilmarnock Burgh School, is an 11–17 co-educational state-funded secondary school in Kilmarnock, Scotland, currently serving in its third location on Sutherland Drive in the New Farm Loch area of the town. Previous sites for Kilmarnock Academy include College Wynd, erected during the 1680s–1690s, Green Street, erected in 1752, and Elmbank Drive, erected in 1898.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Saint Joseph's Academy, Kilmarnock</span> State comprehensive school in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland

    Saint Josephs' Academy is a Roman Catholic secondary school in New Farm Loch, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. Whilst the school is located in Kilmarnock, it serves the entire Catholic secondary school aged population in East Ayrshire, with the school being the only Roman Catholic secondary school within the local authority area. This means for families in all areas of East Ayrshire, St. Joseph's Academy is a catchment Secondary school. A long-standing inter-authority arrangement sees a small number of primary seven pupils attending St. Xavier’s Primary School in Patna, transition to Queen Margaret Academy located in Ayr, South Ayrshire instead of Saint Josephs' Academy at the start of S1.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Springside, North Ayrshire</span> Village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

    Springside is a village in the parish of Dreghorn, in the council area of North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is three miles from Irvine, 1+1⁄2 miles west of Crosshouse, and four miles from Kilmarnock. In the 18th, 19th and mid-20th centuries, the locality was a highly industrialised coal mining district. The settlement is on the Garrier Burn, which forms the boundary with East Ayrshire. Springside had a population of around 1364 in 1991. The A71 now bypasses the village, 1⁄4 mile to the south.

    Knockentiber is a village in East Ayrshire, Parish of Kilmaurs, Scotland. Knockentiber is two miles west-northwest of Kilmarnock and 1⁄2 mile northeast of Crosshouse. Latitude:55.6193°N Longitude:4.5455°W and grid reference NS397392. The population was 359 in 1991, however the population is much higher following the construction of several housing estates (2007). In the 18th and 19th and mid 20th centuries the locality was a highly industrialised coal mining district. The settlement is on the Carmel Burn, which runs into the River Irvine, around one mile to the south.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">NHS Ayrshire and Arran</span> Health system in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

    NHS Ayrshire and Arran is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. It was formed on 1 April 2004.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">University Hospital Crosshouse</span> Hospital in East Ayrshire, Scotland

    University Hospital Crosshouse, known locally as Crosshouse, is a large district general hospital situated outside the village of Crosshouse, two miles outside Kilmarnock town centre in Scotland. It provides services to the North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire areas and is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)</span> Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament

    Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of East Ayrshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Alan Brown (Scottish politician)</span> Scottish National Party politician

    Alan Brown is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 2015 until 2024. Brown previously served as the SNP spokesperson on Energy Security and Net Zero (2022–2023), Energy and Climate Change (2020–2022), Transport (2017–2020) and Infrastructure and Energy (2017–2018) in the House of Commons.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">The KLIN Group</span> Scottish property development company

    The KLIN Group is a Scottish property development, regeneration and investment company founded in 1988 by John Dick. The companies main HQ and offices are located in the Bonnyton area of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire at Barclay House, the former offices of Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. The company today is a second generational family business, with Dick's daughter, Marie Macklin CBE, having been CEO of the company from 2003 until 2014, at which point she sold the company to Drew Macklin. Drew Macklin currently serves as a director of the company, having been appointed to the role on June 1, 2011.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 Kilmarnock incidents</span> Related Stabbings in Kilmarnock, Scotland in February 2021

    On 4 February 2021, three separate fatal incidents occurred in Kilmarnock, Scotland. The incidents were thought to be linked and involved the same 40-year-old man, Steven Robertson. In the first incident, a woman died after being injured outside University Hospital Crosshouse. In the second incident, a woman died after being stabbed in the town. In the third incident, the man was killed in a road crash just off the A76.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse (ward)</span>

    Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse is one of the nine electoral wards of East Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 17,739 people.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Lillian Jones</span> Scottish politician

    Lillian Jones is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun since 2024. Prior to being elected as an MP in July 2024, Jones served as a councillor for the Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse ward within East Ayrshire Council from 3 May 2012 until her resignation on 2 September 2024, as well as working within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

    The 2024 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse by–election is scheduled to take place on Thursday 14 November 2024 to elect a councillor to succeed former councillor Lillian Jones who resigned her seat on East Ayrshire Council in September 2024 following her election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom and the member of parliament (MP) for the Kilmarnock and Loudoun parliamentary constituency.

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 "KILMARNOCK - A HISTORICAL SURVEY by Dr John Strawhorn" (PDF). www.kilmarnockhistory.co.uk. Kilmarnock History Group. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    2. 1 2 "2011 Intermediate Zone Bonnyton and Town Centre". www.statistics.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    3. ↑ Beattie, Frank (2012). Kilmarnock Through Time. Amberley Publishing. p. 14. ISBN   9781848684102.
    4. 1 2 Beattie, Frank (2012). Kilmarnock Through Time. Amberley Publishing. p. 18. ISBN   9781848684102.
    5. ↑ "Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC, Kilmarnock". Rias.org.uk.
    6. ↑ "Barclay House Opening". www.klingroup.co.uk.
    7. ↑ "Klin Homes | Property Development and Investment Company".
    8. ↑ "Bonnyton Industrial Estate, Block 3". www.novaloca.com. Nova Loca. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
    9. ↑ "Carpet yarn firm sold for nominal sum". Heraldscotland.com.
    10. ↑ "Records of Blackwood, Morton & Sons Ltd (BMK), carpet manufacturers, Kilmarnock, Scotland". Archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk.
    11. ↑ "Ayrshire blow as 300 workers are faced with plant closures". Heraldscotland.com.
    12. ↑ Love, Dane (2022). A Look Back at Kilmarnock. CARN Publishing. p. 75. ISBN   9781911043164.
    13. ↑ Dunn, Ross (21 May 2021). "Delivery chaos for Yodel after flatbed truck blocks Ayrshire depot". www.dailyrecord.com. Daily Record. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
    14. ↑ "Bonnyton Industrial Estate, Block 3". www.novaloca.com. Nova Loca. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
    15. ↑ "Map of Bonnyton Community Council Ward Boundary" (PDF). www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk. East Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    16. ↑ "A 39-house Kilmarnock housing development is set to be completed by the end of this month". www.dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    17. ↑ "Population Estimates - Census 2001: an observation". www.statistics.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    18. ↑ "2001 Intermediate Zone Bonnyton and Town Centre". www.statistics.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    19. 1 2 "House Prices: a data cube spreadsheet". www.statistics.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    20. ↑ "School Attendance Rate: a data cube spreadsheet". www.statistics.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    21. ↑ "Pupil Attainment: an observation". www.statistics.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    22. ↑ "Pupil Attainment (English and Maths): an observation". www.statistics.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    23. ↑ "Pupil Attainment (English and Maths): an observation". www.statistics.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    24. ↑ "New Grange Academy is formally opened". www.dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    25. ↑ "Bennett launches East Ayrshire Schools of Rugby | Scottish Rugby Union". Scottishrugby.org. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
    26. ↑ "Scottish FA JD Performance Schools | Performance". Scottishfa.co.uk.
    27. ↑ "Income And Poverty Modelled Estimates: an observation". www.statistics.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    28. ↑ "Income And Poverty Modelled Estimates: an observation". www.statistics.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    29. ↑ "Policy Social housing". www.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    30. ↑ "Dwellings by Type: a data cube spreadsheet". www.statistics.gov.scot. Scottish Government. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    31. ↑ "Net zero housing project in Bonnyton, Kilmarnock is building for the future". www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk. East Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    32. ↑ "About community councils". www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk. East Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    33. ↑ "Your councillor · East Ayrshire Council". East-ayrshire.gov.uk. 7 January 2019.
    34. ↑ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
    35. ↑ "Detailed Results Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
    36. ↑ Wren, David (2 February 2017). "Bonnyton Thistle get started on new ambitious project in Townholm, Kilmarnock". Daily Record . Glasgow . Retrieved 11 July 2017.
    37. ↑ "EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL CABINET REPORT – 30 MAY 2018 : PROPOSED LEASE RENEWAL OF ALLWEATHER FOOTBALL PITCH AND CHANGING ACCOMMODATION AT WARWICKHILL ROAD, KILMARNOCK" (PDF). Dosc.east-ayrshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
    This page is based on this Wikipedia article
    Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
    Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.