Penny Tray .. I am so sorry ... I didn't even see the last two replies previous to my last post. How that happened ??? YES ! Thankyou so much for your persistence :D :D :D ... I hunted all over the maps on nls and didn't come across this map. I do have another question but will start a new query rat...

Thankyou hahaya2004, Penny Tray and Manbear for your interesting replies. I found "Magnesia Houses" on an online map, also. Unfortunately, by referencing the newspaper article (Jan 2017) I have led you all astray. The houses found are in Saltcoats ? ... and my census reference was to an 18...

My goodness ... such helpful replies came in whilst I was asleep !! :D Thankyou hahaya and Penny. That Sidehead Farm was a ruin already by 1856 explains why the family was no longer there in the 1851 cs, I guess. So interesting to see where it was (and I then went looking and found some wonderful ph...

My Gt x3 Grandfather's brother James Spence and family are listed in the 1851 census for Irvine at "Magnesia House" as an Ag. Labourer (his wife a Dairy Keeper). The next residence is listed as "Heathfield" with John Rankin JP. In 1841 they were living at "Sidehead Farm"...