Kilmarnock History
The first Bank, too, of which the town could boast, and which was a branch of the Bank of Scotland, was in the adjoining alley, called Low Church Lane and, assuming these statements to be true, it is not improbable that this now unfashionable quarter was the nucleous of Kilmarnock. Grange Street, which is near to College Wynd, and which at one time was called the Clay Mugs, from the circumstance of a pottery having been in the place, is also, we believe, one of the ancient neuks of Auld Killie. Strand Street, in close proximity to the Church, has likewise the appearance of considerable antiquity, and in all probability, was one of the earliest streets of the town. Though now chiefly occupied by the poorer classes, it was the residence of some of the more wealthy families during the last century(1700's).
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