Alloway, South Ayrshire

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Alloway is a suburban area in South Ayrshire

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Alloway within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Alloway in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Alloway and Alloway Kirk, q.s. par., hamlet, and ruined church, in co. and 2½ miles S. of Ayr, pop. 907; was the birthplace of Burns the poet, and the scene of his "Tam o' Shanter." The cottage in which the poet was born, and its adjacent land, were purchased by the trustees of Burns' Monument, for the purpose of being preserved and exhibited to the public.

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