Darvel · around this time
An industrial town
Machine-made textiles, factories and the railway transformed Darvel and drew many more people to the town.
1901 census town figure
The Irvine Valley · 1750 to today
Three towns.
One valley.
Move through nearly three centuries to compare how Darvel, Newmilns and Galston grew, changed and adapted.
Explore the years1901published benchmark
3,070people in Darvel
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What the
figures mean.
The three towns were recorded in different ways at different dates. Some early census totals cover whole parishes rather than the towns, so those figures have not been used. Historical burgh, modern locality and settlement boundaries are also not perfectly alike.
The marked years are published town or locality figures. The slider makes a simple straight-line estimate between them. Before the first reliable figure for a town, it shows no number; after 2020 it carries forward the latest official settlement estimate available.
Sources include National Records of Scotland, East Ayrshire locality populations, Galston Conservation Area Appraisal, historical census reports and local histories of Darvel and Newmilns.