There are Hemphills buried in County Ayrshire, Scotland, in a cemetery near "Hemphill", which is an old estate or farm that has been in the area since 1601 and before. There is a cemetery near there, and I think the name starts with a "K". I once had an old map from the area, which I got from the Cunningham District Library. It was very interesting that the Estates or farms in the area at that time were Berryhill, Hemphill, Windyhill, Grangehill, Blackhill, Greenhill, Horsehill, etc. (Notice the names were all written in English.)
I believe the Hemphills were buried in that old cemetery. I will try to find out the correct name.

If you have futher information, please leave me a note on the edit feature of this memorial, and I will move it to the correct cemetery.

Thanks,

Zoe

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Cunningham District Library, County Ayrshire, Scotland

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Cunninghame From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search Coordinates: 55¡ã38¡ä02¡åN 4¡ã46¡ä48¡åW / 55.634¡ãN 4.780¡ãW / 55.634; -4.780 Cunninghame (Scottish Gaelic: Coineagan) is a former comital district of Scotland and also a district of the Strathclyde Region from 1975¨C1996.

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1 Historic Cunninghame
2 Local government district
3 See also
4 References
5 External links


[edit] Historic Cunninghame
Map of Scotland showing the historic district of CunninghameThe historic district of Cunninghame was bordered by the districts of Renfrew and Clydesdale to the north and east respectively, by the district of Kyle to the south over the River Irvine and by the Firth of Clyde to the west.

Cunninghame became one of the three districts or bailieries of Ayrshire, the shire or sheriffdom of Ayr. Cunninghame was in the north, along the River Irvine; Kyle was in the centre, along the River Ayr; and Carrick was in the south, along the River Doon. By the eighteenth century Ayrshire had become one of the counties of Scotland, with the three baileries being described as "districts" or "divisions" of the county, although they had no formal administrative existence.

In the late nineteenth century the "territorial division" was described as comprising the civil parishes of Ardrossan, Beith, Dalry, Dreghorn, Fenwick, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Kilbirnie, West Kilbride, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Kilwinning, Largs, Loudoun, Stevenston, Stewarton and part of Dunlop.[1]

The Cunninghame poor law combination was formed in the 1850s with a poorhouse at Irvine. it had a different area from the ancient district.[2]

The Hemphill farm may have been in South County Ayershire, Scotland