Afton Bridgend, Ayrshire
Historical Description
AFTON-BRIDGEND, a village, in the parish of NEW CUMNOCK, district of KYLE, county of AYR; containing 261 inhabitants. This village is situated on the banks of the Afton, a small stream tributary to the river Nith, into which, flowing northward through Glen-Afton, it merges near New Cumnock. The Afton gives name to a barony, wherein is a lead-mine. The parochial church is between the villages of Afton-Bridgend and New Cumnock.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, 1851 by Samuel Lewis
Maps
Online maps of Afton Bridgend are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)