Buildings, Castles & Monuments
Industry
- Hugh Melville and the Roebank Printworks – North Ayrshire Heritage
- John Pollock’s Victoria Cabinet and Chair Manufacturer in Beith
- Matthew Pollock’s Caledonia Cabinet & Chair Works in Beith
Notable People From Beith
- Andrew Aitken – Beith-born poet
- William Barr – Owner of the Bathwell Tannery at Bunswynd, Beith.
- John Caldwell – Postman who served for 46 years.
- Henry Faulds – Beith-born fingerprint pioneer.
- Matthew Gilmour – Secretary of Beith Farmer’s Society
- James Johnstone – Biologist and Oceanographer who was born in Beith. Made huge contributions to fishery research and has a flatworm named after him.
- Marjory Neilson Newbold – Socialist Pioneer
- Jemma Reekie – Olympic runner from Beith who has won gold at the U-20 & U-22 European Championships.
- James Sellars – Glasgow-born architect who helped design Spiers School in Beith.
- Agatha Shedden – Woman who left £2,250 in her will to support both the poor and Free Church in Beith in 1858.
- Thomas Thorburn – Beith-born master shoemaker and owner of a curling stone shop.
- John Witherspoon – Beith-born minister who signed the American Declaration of Independence.