The Irvine that was – Page 4

The Irvine Witch Trial of 1618

In the early 1600s, the execution of people (overwhelmingly women) convicted of witchcraft was at its peak in Scotland. The first major […]

The Gallows Knowe – a site of hangings and burnings. Today, the Gallows Knowe in Irvine is a pleasant green space to the […]

Hill Street is one of the earliest known streets in the town. By the year 1426, building in the Royal Burgh had […]

The centre of the old town was typified by congested tenements and a system of narrow closes. Adjacent to the Town House, […]

The Low Green was first mentioned in 1499 and is as the name suggests, an area of low lying ground along the […]

A market cross, as McJannet the local historian remarked, was “the focus of the Burgh, the point at which all activities converged, the […]

The powder house was built in 1642 to provide safe storage for gunpowder for use by the military in the Royal Burgh […]

According to tradition, this ford, the Puddle Ford, was the site of a skirmish between Wallace and the English – there is […]

Saint Inan (Evan) was a monk and the patron saint of Irvine, where he resided during the 9th century AD. His holy […]

In 1782, Hugh White was ordained as minister in the Relief Church. The following year, he invited a Mrs Elspeth Buchan to […]