Ayr and its People
From 1428 to the Time of Burns

Written and Illustrated by Joseph D. Shearer
Copyright © 2004 Joseph Denham Shearer.

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ISBN 978-0-9804731-1-7

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Introduction

1428 to the Reformation

Life in Ayr.

Captain James Stewart

Plague

Women of Ayr

Witchcraft

Men of Ayr

Highlandmen in Ayr

Ayr in 1617

The Greyfriars

The Buildings

King and Covenant

The Gentrification of Ayr