Ordnance Survey book, Kilmarnock [mid-18c]:
Text of the OS entry: “The remains of an Old Winding Avenue which formerly extended to the Kilmarnock House (now used as the Ragged School) and formed one of the Principal Approaches to that Old Mansion; a part of it was removed at the Construction of St. Marnock St. and the Dundonald Road, the Portion remaining is Pleasantly Shaded on either Side with huge Old trees; Situated off the Dundonald Road; So Called from the Circumstance of it’s being the favourite Walk of the Lady of Kilmarnock after the death of the Earl, her husband, where She was Wont to Wander, it is Said, with downcast looks, and Pour forth the Sorrows of her heart.”
1819 map, Kilmarnock:
4 July 1839, Ayr Advertiser:
4 May 1842 [Witness], Edinburgh:
24 October 1848, Greenock Advertiser:
1856 OS map, Kilmarnock:
1856, OS detailed town map of Kilmarnock:
12 December 1857, Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald:
18 February 1860, Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald:
9 March 1872, Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald:
11 January 1935, Kilmarnock Herald:
18 January 1935, Ayrshire Gazette:
26 June 1936, Kilmarnock Herald:
