#Millport dairy series#

Cunninghame, Topographized by Timothy Pont 1604вЂ“1608, with continuations and illustrative notices. Ayrshire and Arran, The Buildings of Scotland. 'Fears for Ayrshire vitamin plant as DSM eyes China'. ^ 6 inch to the mile OS Map of 1940 RetrievedВ :.^ 6 inch to the mile OS Map of 1896 RetrievedВ :.DSM also has UK factories at Heanor in Derbyshire and Belfast. In 2014 DSM disclosed plans to expand its already large vitamin and chemicals manufacturing in China, and there were concerns about the future of the Ryeholm works. In 2003 Roche focussed on its healthcare products, and sold its chemical interests, including the Ryeholm works, to the Netherlands-based multinational DSM, which concentrated vitamin C production at Ryeholm and closed its works in the United States.

The factory was enlarged in 1983 to become a major producer of Vitamin C. Roche built a chemical works at Ryesholm in 1957 to manufacture Vitamins B1 and B5, and in subsequent expansion also produced a range of chemicals. In 1895 a large woollen mill lay on the eastern side of the Rye Water at Ryeside near Fordmouth, this was disused by 1938 and the old Doggartland had become a dye works.

#Millport dairy series#

Дoggartland Mill was a woollen mill that was supplied with water power via the Rye Water and a series of lades and millponds. The original entrance drive entering from the west was abandoned when a waggonway was laid along the lane that had provided access, forcing a new entrance to be created that branches off near the back of Doggartland Mill.ДЄ print works is shown above Doggartland in 1856, ironstone pits and their associated refuse tips were present at Hillend and Ryesholm, and a coal pit was also located at Ryesholm with an extensive network of mineral lines in the area. The mansion house is now divided up into flats and the stable block is a private dwelling. Edith Dunlop of Strathaven was the second wife of William Barr Knox, he is buried in Largs, however a commemorative plaque is also present at the Knox family memorial in Kilbirne 'Auld Kirk' cemetery where he is recorded as being of 'Redheugh and Ryefield'. William first married Gladys Burrell, a niece of Sir William Burrell the Scottish shipping merchant and philanthropist, made famous through the Burrell Collection.

The mansion house is of a classical style, built of ashlar with a Doric porch and in the 1920s a single storey ballroom was added, also used as an art gallery by William Barr Knox. Ryefield House was described as ' almost new' in 1851 and the estate possessed a fine 'U-shaped' stable block with a courtyard to the east of the mansion house as well as a large walled garden to the west. The name element 'Doggart' is recorded as 'Douat' by Timothy Pont in the early 17th century.

Дoggartland Farm was the property of the Blair Estate in the 1870s. This bridge has very elaborate cast-iron balustrades and the nearby house has been described as 'Italianate' and the driveway is guarded by two pairs of quirky gatepiers, one tall and the other small, octagonal with panels at the top (See photograph). An impressive, but now largely redundant cast iron bridge crosses the Rye Water within the grounds of Doggartland House. Doggartland House Дoggartland House at Drakemyre may derive its name from 'Dogger' which is Scots for a course ironstone, much mined in the area as witnessed by waste bings below Ryefield and at Flashwood. The old village of Burnside lies slightly further north and once had the school that served the area. 'By Drakemyre we descend - see the claith-spread enclosureД®mblazoned by evry bright colour and dye ДЄs are worn ilka day by the wives of Dalry'. The 'Trades Hotel' was a lodging house where itinerant workers could stay for sixpence a night. The cottages of Fordmouth record that a ford on the Rye Water existed until a bridge was built nearby at Bridge End. In the 1870s it was recorded as forming a northern suburb of Dalry with woollen manufactories such as Doggartland Mill and a population of 325. The entrance to Doggartland House at Drakemyre.