Tarbolton (Scots: Tarbowton) is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is near Failford, Mauchline, Ayr, and Kilmarnock. The old Fail Monastery was nearby and Robert Burns connections are strong, including the Bachelors’ Club museum.
Tarbolton has been suggested as having one of three meanings:
Village by the tor or hill, from Old English torr ’tor, hill, cliff’ and boðl-tun /bothl-tun “village with buildings, equivalent to Bolton in Greater Manchester. The name was recorded as Torbolten in 1138, suggesting this origin.
Village by the field and hill, from Old English torr ’tor, hill, cliff’ and bāll ‘field (not meaning the same as ball ‘ball’, i.e. football), as in Dunball, Somerset, with tun ‘farm, village’. The name’s record in writing as Torballtone in 1209 suggests this origin may be possible.
Village by the hill, from Old Gaelic tor, modern Gaelic tòrr, (where the Old English word is derived from, and baile “village, usually Bally- in Irish place-names, with the tautologous Old English tun “farm, village” added by Anglo-Saxon settlers who did not understand the language. Records of the name as Torbalyrtune in 1148 suggest this origin.
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You can download all PDFs here| Name | Collection |
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| Alton Avenue | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Back Street | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Bard Drive | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Beechwood Road | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Burns Street | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Croft Street | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Cunningham Street | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Fail Avenue | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Gallowhill Avenue | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Garden Street | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Hill Street | The Tarbolton Collection |
| James Street | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Kirkport | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Langlands Drive | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Mansefield Road | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Margaret Sloan Place | The Tarbolton Collection |
| McLeod Court | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Montgomerie Street | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Park Road | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Parliament Close | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Princes Street | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Red Rose Way | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Sandgate Street | The Tarbolton Collection |
| School Avenue | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Smithfield Crescent | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Springfield Road | The Tarbolton Collection |
| St Andrews Avenue | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Tarbolton Cross | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Well Street | The Tarbolton Collection |
| Westport | The Tarbolton Collection |
