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The Alloway Auld Kirk, which dates back to the 16th century, is a ruin in Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland, celebrated as the scene of the witches' dance...

foot of the village next to the present church. The nearby ruined Alloway Auld Kirk and the Brig o' Doon are featured in the poem Tam o' Shanter, and...

Blairston, near Ayr, on 27 April 1829. He is buried in the ruins of Alloway Kirk. His wife was Mary Muir. Their son, Elias Cathcart of Auchindrane (d...

Burns artefacts including his handwritten manuscripts, the historic Alloway Auld Kirk and Brig o Doon which feature in Burns's masterpiece 'Tam o Shanter'...

of Alloway Auld Kirk, which is the setting for much of the poem "Tam o' Shanter". By the time that Burns was at the height of his fame, the Kirk had...

deep drown'd in Doon, Or catch'd wi' warlocks in the mirk, By Alloway's auld, haunted kirk. Such advice is too often dismissed: Ah, gentle dames! it gars...

at Kirk Alloway. It was said that when she was buried at the kirk the gravedigger exposed the bones of both her father and John. The Mauchline Kirk records...

Tennant got permission from the council to build a dry stone dyke around Alloway Kirk to prevent Elias Cathcart's cattle from straying into the then unenclosed...

1793. Adair died in Ayr in 1801, and was buried in the churchyard of Alloway Auld Kirk. Earlier versions of the Dictionary of National Biography erroneously...

Building Report". Historic Scotland. "Alloway, Alloway Auld Kirk: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. "Alloway (Off), Brig O'doon: Listed Building...

Him with Grim Expression Witches Dancing in Alloway Auld Kirk On Horseback, Galloping away from Alloway Kirk Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joseph...

have watched the Battle of Langside and a portion of the rafters of Alloway Auld Kirk (made famous by Robert Burns). By 1851, Jacob George Strutt drew it...

Mure was the heiress of Blairstoun and upon marrying David Cathcart, Lord Alloway, it passed to her eldest son, Elais Cathcart, in 1819. St Helen's Well...

1815 and is buried with her husband, who died aged 78 in 1807, in the Auld Kirk graveyard, Ayr. He was a cousin to the Earl of Glencairn and as stated...

ISBN 978-0-9559732-0-8. MacKay, James (2004). Burns. A Biography of Robert Burns. Alloway Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 0907526-85-3. Wikisource has original text related...

Council" service at Ayr Auld Kirk after each council election. The Bible in which the names are entered was acquired by the Kirk during the Provostship...

use of a garden that was later absorbed into the burying ground of the Auld Kirk of Ayr, before establishing a nursery at his home on the Monkwood estate...

Upload Photo Alloway, Alloway Auld Kirk 55°25′40″N 4°38′15″W / 55.427874°N 4.637601°W / 55.427874; -4.637601 (Alloway, Alloway Auld Kirk) Category A...

between two 'Auld Licht' ministers, John Russel and Alexander Moodie It was followed by "The Holy Fair", "The Ordination", "The Kirk's Alarm", "Holy...

its disbursement led to ill feeling with the Rev. William 'Daddy' Auld and the Kirk Session resulting in a protracted period of religious persecution...