Editing Maybole (section)

== History ==
[[File:Maybole Collegiate church 1789.jpg|left|thumb|St Cuthbert's in 1789]]
There are no written records or mention of the town and district until the [[12th century|twelfth century]] although the area was indeed mentioned by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] during their [[Scotland during the Roman Empire|occupation of South Scotland]]. The inhabitants were then known as the [[Damnonii|Damnii]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Facts |url=http://www.maybole.org/history/books/carricks%20capital/chapter1.htm |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.maybole.org}}</ref>

Maybole has Middle Ages roots, receiving a charter from [[Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick]] in 1193. In 1516 it was made a [[burgh of regality]], although for generations it remained under the suzerainty of the [[Clan Kennedy]], afterwards [[Earl of Cassillis|Earls of Cassillis]] and (later) [[Marquess of Ailsa|Marquesses of Ailsa]], the most powerful family in Ayrshire. The [[Archibald Angus Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa|Marquess of Ailsa]] lived at Cassillis House, just outside Maybole until its sale in 2007.<ref>"Party-loving Scots laird drops dead in Florida toilet hours before he is due to be guest at Highland Games", ''Daily Record'', by Stephen Houston, 22 January 2015, https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/party-loving-scots-laird-drops-dead-5021460</ref> In the late seventeenth century, a census recorded Maybole was home to 28 "lords and landowners with estates in Carrick and beyond."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maybole Visitor Guide - Accommodation, Things To Do & More |url=https://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/maybole-p242701 |website=visitscotland.com}}</ref>

In former times, Maybole was the capital of the district of [[Carrick, Scotland]], and for long its characteristic feature was the family mansions of the barons of Carrick. [[Maybole Castle]], a former seat of the Earls of Cassillis, dates to 1560 and still remains, although aspects of the castle are viewed as "of concern".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maybole Castle, High Street, Maybole &#124; Buildings at Risk Register |url=http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/911348 |website=buildingsatrisk.org.uk}}</ref> The public buildings include the town-hall, the Ashgrove and the Lumsden fresh-air fortnightly homes, and the Maybole combination poorhouse.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maybole Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/maybole/maybole/ |website=undiscoveredscotland.co.uk}}</ref>

Maybole is a short distance from the birthplace of [[Robert Burns]], the Scots national poet. Burns's mother was a Maybole resident, Agnes Brown.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Notables |url=https://www.maybole.org/notables/notables1.htm |website=maybole.org}}</ref>

In the nineteenth century, Maybole became a centre of boot and shoe manufacturing.

[[Margaret McMurray]] (??-1760), one of the last native speakers of a [[Scottish Lowlands|Lowland]] dialect of [[Scottish Gaelic]], is recorded to have lived at Cultezron (not to be confused with nearby Culzean), a farm on the outskirts of Maybole.