Mossgiel Farm
Mossgiel Farm (Mossgaville Farm or Mossgavel Farm in Old Scots) is an organic farm in Mauchline, East Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the home of Robert Burns between 1784 and 1788, and was where he composed many of his best-known works,[1] including "To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough".[2] At the time, it consisted of 118 acres (48 ha), and Burns and his brother, Gilbert, rented the property from Gavin Hamilton upon the death of their father.[2][3][4]
While living there, Burns became acquainted with a group of girls collectively known as the Belles of Mauchline – one of whom, Jean Armour, was the daughter of a local stonemason. The two developed a relationship, and they were married in 1788. They had nine children, three of whom survived infancy.[5]
During Burns's time at the farmhouse, it was a single-storey But'n'Ben cottage containing three small rooms. It is a two-storey farmhouse today.[6]
- The farmhouse prior to the addition of a second storey
- In the late 19th century
References
- ^ "Mossgiel Family Farm - Organic Farming for a Sustainable Future | Scottish Land & Estates". www.scottishlandandestates.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
- ^ a b Matthews, Mimi (2017). The Pug Who Bit Napoleon: Animal Tales of the 18th & 19th Centuries. Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 9781526705020.
- ^ Burns, Robert (1852). The Life and Works of Robert Burns, Volume 1. Harper & Brothers. p. 85.
- ^ Love, Dane (2012). The History of Mauchline Village and Parish. Cam Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-9567550-3-2.
- ^ "Mauchline kirk session records, National Archives of Scotland". 'The Legacy of Robert Burns' feature on the National Archives of Scotland website. National Archives of Scotland. 1 July 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
- ^ "Robert Burns Country: The Burns Encyclopedia: Mossgiel". www.robertburns.org. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
External links
- Official website
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- "Comin' Thro' the Rye" (1782)
- "John Barleycorn" (1782)
- "Man Was Made to Mourn" (1784)
- "Address to the Deil" (1785)
- "Epitaph for James Smith" (1785)
- "Halloween" (1785)
- "Handsome Nell" (1774)
- "Holy Willie's Prayer" (1785)
- "To a Mouse" (1785)
- The Kilmarnock volume (1786)
- "To a Louse" (1786)
- "To a Mountain Daisy" (1786)
- "The Cotter's Saturday Night" (1786)
- "The Battle of Sherramuir" (1787)
- "The Birks of Aberfeldy" (1787)
- "The Holy Tulzie" (1784)
- "Auld Lang Syne" (1788)
- "My Heart's in the Highlands" (1789)
- "Tam o' Shanter" (1790)
- "Ae Fond Kiss" (1791)
- "Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation" (1791)
- "Ye Jacobites by Name" (1791)
- "Sweet Afton" (1791)
- "The Slave's Lament" (1792)
- "Oh, whistle and I'll come to you, my lad" (1793)
- "Scots Wha Hae" (1793)
- "A Red, Red Rose" (1794)
- "Ca' the yowes" (revised, 1794)
- "A Man's A Man for A' That" (1795)
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- Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
- Edinburgh
- Belfast
- Dublin Variant
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- Jean Armour (wife)
- Robert Burns Junior (son)
- Francis Wallace Burns (son)
- William Nicol Burns (son)
- Elizabeth 'Betty' Burns (natural daughter)
- James Glencairn Burns (son)
- Agnes Broun (mother)
- William Burnes (father)
- Gilbert Burns (brother)
- Agnes Burns (sister)
- Annabella Burns (sister)
- William Burns (brother)
- John Burns (brother)
- Isabella Burns (sister)
- Adam Armour (brother-in-law)
- James Armour (father-in-law)
- Robert Burnes (uncle)
- Robert Aiken
- Robert Ainslie
- John Anderson
- John Bacon (landlord)
- John Ballantine
- Alison Begbie
- Thomas Blacklock
- Nelly Blair
- Richard Brown
- May Cameron
- Mary Campbell
- Margaret Chalmers
- Jenny Clow
- Alison Cockburn
- Alexander Cunningham (lawyer)
- Lord Glencairn
- Frances Dunlop
- Robert Fergusson
- Alexander Findlater
- Jean Gardner
- Jean Glover
- Robert Graham of Fintry
- Gavin Hamilton
- Helen Hyslop
- Nelly Kilpatrick
- John Lewars
- Janet Little
- Jean Lorimer (Chloris)
- James McKie
- John MacKenzie
- Agnes Maclehose
- John McMurdo
- William Maxwell
- John Murdoch
- William Nicol
- Anna Park
- Elizabeth Paton
- John Richmond
- James Smith
- David Sillar
- John Syme
- Alexander Tait
- Robert Tannahill
- Peggy Thompson
- Edward Whigham
- The Geddes Burns
- Glenriddell Manuscripts
- Bachelors' Club, Tarbolton
- Burns Clubs
- Robert Burns World Federation
- Bust of Robert Burns
- Burns supper
- Memorials
- Kilmarnock
- Robert Burns's Commonplace Book 1783–1785
- Robert Burns's Interleaved Scots Musical Museum
- Montreal
- Barre
- Albany
- Boston
- Robert Burns (Stevenson)
- Robert Burns (Steell)
- Robert Burns's diamond point engravings
- Robert Burns and the Eglinton Estate
- Robert Burns Humanitarian Award
- The Loves of Robert Burns (1930 film)
- "The Marriage of Robin Redbreast and the Wren"
- "The Merry Muses of Caledonia"
- The Poetical Works of Janet Little, The Scotch Milkmaid
- A Manual of Religious Belief