Old High Kirk - Kilmarnock
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Old High Kirk - Kilmarnock
Image: © Raibeart MacAoidh Taken: 18 May 2019
The church was erected between 1731 and 1734 as a chapel of ease, on land given by the Fourth Earl of Kilmarnock. The steeple was added in 1740. The church was well known to Robert Burns.Its first two ministers were James Oliphant and 'Black Jock' Russell. John Wilson the Printer/Publisher of The First Edition of Burns' poems, is buried in the graveyard, as are the Tannock Brothers (Artist's). Thomas Morton, inventor of the barrel-carpet loom, is also buried here, as is Thomas Kennedy, inventor of the water meter.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.612338
Longitude
-4.49484