Kilmaurs

Kilmaurs
Village
Kilmaurs Cross, showing the old Kilmaurs Tolbooth in the centre
Kilmaurs is located in East Ayrshire
Kilmaurs
Kilmaurs
Location within East Ayrshire
Population2,790 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNS407413
• Edinburgh56 mi (90 km)
• London432 mi (695 km)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKilmarnock
Postcode districtKA3
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°38′22″N 4°31′49″W / 55.639444°N 4.530278°W / 55.639444; -4.530278

Kilmaurs (from Scottish Gaelic Cill Mhàrais)[2] is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland which lies just outside of the largest settlement in East Ayrshire, Kilmarnock. It lies on the Carmel Water, 21 miles (34 kilometres) southwest of Glasgow. Population recorded for the village in the 2001 Census recorded 2,601 people resided in the village[3] It was in the Civil Parish of Kilmaurs.[4]

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  3. ^ East Ayrshire Council: Information Archives http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/content.asp?URL=/corpres/Admin/eabynos.pdf Archived 2010-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland. 1854. Vol.II (GORDON-ZETLAND) by Rev. John Marius Wilson. pp208-209. https://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee02wilsuoft#page/208/mode/2up