Mauchline
Mauchline is a community and also civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In the 2001 census Mauchline had actually a recorded population of 4,105. The town lies by the Glasgow and South Western Railway line, 8 miles (13 kilometres) east south eastern of Kilmarnock as well as 11 miles (18 kilometres) north east of Ayr. It is positioned on a mild slope concerning 1 mile (1.6 km)) from the River Ayr, which moves through the south of the parish of Mauchline. In former days Loch Brown had to do with 1 mile west of the town, however was drained when the railway line from Kilmarnock was constructed. Bruntwood Loch, near the old laird's home of that name, was once an important site for waterfowl, but drained pipes for agriculture in the eighteenth century.