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'''Longbar''' is a hamlet in [[North Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]], immediately to the east of [[Glengarnock]]. It is now a housing estate situated on the low hillside above the Longbar Farm. Originally it was a string of sinle-storey terraced cottages (rows) that ran from the farm east towards the junction of the Auchengree Road with the [[B777 road]]. Both versions of the hamlet have provided housing for workers in the local heavy industries, primarily the Glengarnock Steel Works. When that works closed in the early 1980s the inhabitants of the community found themselves largely unemployed and the housing estate became notorious for its social problems. Since then roughly a third of the housing estate has been cleared of the social out-casts, and much of the rest of it has been purchased by its owners, the Crawfords and Balmers. Both famalies casn trace there origins to both blood links with the Bruce's and the Wallaces. |
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'''Longbar''' is a hamlet in [[North Ayrshire]], Scotland, immediately to the east of [[Glengarnock]]. |
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==History== |
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Longbar is now a housing estate situated on the low hillside above the Longbar Farm. Originally it was a string of single-storey terraced cottages (rows) that ran from the farm east towards the junction of the Auchengree Road with the [[B777 road]]. Both versions of the hamlet have provided housing for workers in the local heavy industries, primarily the Glengarnock Steel Works.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Longbar from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst1560.html |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=www.scottish-places.info |language=en-gb}}</ref> |
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When the steel works closed in the early 1980s the inhabitants of the community found themselves largely unemployed and the housing estate became notorious for its social problems. Since then much of it has been purchased by its inhabitants. |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|Scotland}} |
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*[[The Barony of Kersland]] |
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*[[Meikle Auchengree]] |
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== References == |
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==External links== |
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{{Commons category|Longbar}} |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st7Dbm5H3KU YouTube video - Kersland Glen] |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFD7XmW1T5E YouTube video - Lower Kersland Glen and the mills] |
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Latest revision as of 04:12, 12 June 2022
Longbar is a hamlet in North Ayrshire, Scotland, immediately to the east of Glengarnock.
History
[edit]Longbar is now a housing estate situated on the low hillside above the Longbar Farm. Originally it was a string of single-storey terraced cottages (rows) that ran from the farm east towards the junction of the Auchengree Road with the B777 road. Both versions of the hamlet have provided housing for workers in the local heavy industries, primarily the Glengarnock Steel Works.[1]
When the steel works closed in the early 1980s the inhabitants of the community found themselves largely unemployed and the housing estate became notorious for its social problems. Since then much of it has been purchased by its inhabitants.
The community shares a community hall with the neighbouring hamlet of Auchengree, or Meikle Auchengree.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Longbar from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
External links
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55°44′20″N 4°39′53″W / 55.73885°N 4.66481°W
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