The town of Irvine is at least 1,000 years old, and has accumulated a whole load of history in that time, this section deals with some of it.
![Irvine Waterside Woodcut Irvine Waterside Woodcut • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36664261@N05/8137641434/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>](https://i0.wp.com/farm9.static.flickr.com/8463/8137641434_7dfe9e62a1_m.jpg?w=1170&ssl=1)
Irvine Waterside Woodcut - by Crawford Fulton
A view of Irvine, drawn by George Robertson from his home on Waterside, 1820. Information from 'The History of Irvine' by Dr John Strawhorn.
![Lower Bridgegate looking east circa 1870 Lower Bridgegate looking east circa 1870 • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36664261@N05/8005386788/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>](https://i0.wp.com/farm9.static.flickr.com/8172/8005386788_49f0f3cd2b_m.jpg?w=1170&ssl=1)
Lower Bridgegate looking east circa 1870 - by Crawford Fulton
![Irvine Postcard Posted 1904 Reverse (2) Irvine Postcard Posted 1904 Reverse (2) • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36664261@N05/15643145566/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>](https://i0.wp.com/farm8.static.flickr.com/7490/15643145566_1308581b52_m.jpg?w=1170&ssl=1)
Irvine Postcard Posted 1904 Reverse (2) - by Crawford Fulton