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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Curling in East Ayrshire, Scottish curlers, Chapeltoun, Leslie Balfour-Melville, 1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, Eve Muirhead, Bruadar Scottish Men's Championship, Rhona Martin, Jackie Lockhart, David Murdoch, Tom Killin, Newfarm Loch, Scottish Women's Curling Championship, Kelly Wood, Ewan MacDonald, Grand Match, David Smith, Warwick Smith, Lorna Vevers, Anne Laird, Peter Smith, Hammy McMillan, Frank Duffy, James Dryburgh, Graeme Connal, D. G. Astley, Robin Welsh, Peter Wilson, Craig Wilson, David Hay, Euan Byers, Nancy Murdoch, Karen Addison, Tom Brewster, Douglas Dryburgh, Michael McCreadie, Peter Loudon, Gordon Muirhead, Lynn Cameron, Fiona MacDonald, Sarah Reid, Janice Rankin, Deborah Knox, Margaret Morton, Anna Sloan, Neil Murdoch, William Jackson, Thomas Murray, Laurence Jackson, Scott Andrews, Haymarket Ice Rink, Chuck Hay. Excerpt: Chapeltoun is an estate on the banks of the Annick Water in East Ayrshire, Scotland. This is a rural area famous for its milk and cheese production and the Ayrshire or Dunlop breed of cattle. The feudal allocation of tenements to the vassals of the overlord, such as Hugh de Morville, was carried out very carefully, with the boundaries being walked and carefully recorded. The term 'ton' at this time was added to the site of the dwelling house, not necessarily a grand stone-built structure, which was bounded by a wall or fence. The tenements were held in a military tenure, the land being in exchange for military assistance to the overlord. In later years the military assistance could be exchanged for financial payment. The name Templeton may have arisen due to lands here being given by the overlord to a vassal. The site of the original dwelling is unknown, Laigh Chapelton being the oldest known site of a habitation, probably dating from at least 177...
