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Dailly
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Dailly () is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located on the Water of Girvan, south of Maybole, and east of Old Dailly. "New Dailly", as it was originally known, was laid out in the 1760s as a coal-mining village. In 1849 a fire broke out in Maxwell Colliery, one of the nearby mines, and continued to burn for 50 years. In Dailly there are two castles which the locals call the new castle and the old castle; they are both derelict.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dailly
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 850
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Dailly
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Dail Mhaol Chiarain
- UK place.static_image
- Dail Mhaol Chiarain 7757868.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Dailly view with Hadyard Hill in the background
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- South Ayrshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Ayrshire and Arran
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
- UK place.post_town
- GIRVAN
- UK place.postcode_district
- KA26
- UK place.postcode_area
- KA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01465
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS270014
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 820
- Image
- Dailly Parish Church and War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 57209.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dailly
- OS grid reference
- NS269015
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Dailly () is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located on the Water of Girvan, south of Maybole, and east of Old Dailly. "New Dailly", as it was originally known, was laid out in the 1760s as a coal-mining village. In 1849 a fire broke out in Maxwell Colliery, one of the nearby mines, and continued to burn for 50 years. In Dailly there are two castles which the locals call the new castle and the old castle; they are both derelict.
==Notable people== Thomas Thomson FRSE (1768–1852) antiquary and friend of Walter Scott Hamilton Paul (1773–1854), church minister, poet and writer Thomas's younger brother, John Thomson of Duddingston FRSE (1778 – 1840) minister at Dailly 1800-1805 and artist Hew Ainslie (1792–1878), poet Anne Hepburn, missionary was born here in 1925 Tommy Lawrence, footballer Ross McCrorie, footballer who plays with Bristol City Robby McCrorie footballer who plays with Rangers Allan Dorans Member of Parliament for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
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