. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . burgh exercised jurisdiction over thewhole of Cunninghame, but this it lost by encroach-ments of the barons; and by the Burgh Police Act of 1892 it is nowgoverned by a pro-vost, 2 bailies, and6 royal burgh islimited to Irvineproper; the parlia-mentary, includingthe police burgh,with Ayr, Camp-beltown, Inveraray,and Oban, returnsone member to par-liament. A burghcourt and a justiceof peace court isheld every Monday;a sheriff small debtcourt on the firstThursday of Feb
. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . burgh exercised jurisdiction over thewhole of Cunninghame, but this it lost by encroach-ments of the barons; and by the Burgh Police Act of 1892 it is nowgoverned by a pro-vost, 2 bailies, and6 royal burgh islimited to Irvineproper; the parlia-mentary, includingthe police burgh,with Ayr, Camp-beltown, Inveraray,and Oban, returnsone member to par-liament. A burghcourt and a justiceof peace court isheld every Monday;a sheriff small debtcourt on the firstThursday of February, April, June, August, October,and December; and a dean of guild court is held asoccasion requires. The six incorporated trades—square-men, hammermen, coopers, tailors, shoemakers, andweavers—early and voluntarily renounced their ex-clusive privileges, in advance of most similar bodies inScotland. The corporation property, comprising 422acres of arable land, the town hall, the towns mills,the meal market, the shambles and washing-houses,etc.,yielded a revenue of £1498 in 1832, of £1980 in 1862,. Seal of Irvine. IRVINE of £2939 in 1875, of £2539 in 1882, and of £1957 in1895. Coal mines have been successfully sunk in theburgh land. The municipal and the parliamentaryconstituency numbered 1704 and 1521 in 1895, whenthe annual value of real property within the parlia-mentary burgh amounted to £35,384, against £13,854in 1866, £10,424 in 1875, and £25,941, 13s. in of parliamentary burgh (1841) 4594, (1851) 7534,(1861) 7060, (1871) 6866, (1881) 8498, (1891) 9039, ofwhom 4467 were males and 4556—4508 in 1881—werein the royal burgh. Houses (1891) inhabited 1966,vacant 82, building 11. The original church belonged till the Reformation tothe monks of Kilwinning; later it was served from 1618to 1640 by David Dickson (1583-1663), hymn-writer andcommentator. In 1546 the town suffered much fromthe plague; in 1640 twelve women were executed at itfor the crime of
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