Buildings, Castles & Monuments

• Kerelaw Castle
• Newcomen Engine House, Auchenharvie

Notable People From Stevenston

• Edward Boyd – Award-winning T.V and radio crime writer from Stevenston.
• Thomas Christie – Printer and Stationer.
• Robert Cunninghame – Inherited the Barony of Stevenston and established the biggest, most productive colliery in Ayrshire.
• Alexander Hamilton – One of the founding fathers of the USA.
• Hugh Hogarth – Founder of the Baron Line
• Francis Love – Poet and song-writer from Stevenston. A book of his poems was published post-humously in 1863.
• James Morrison – First Provost of Stevenston
• William Ritchie – Born in Stevenston and known as the ‘Father of Belfast Shipbuilding’.

Stories

• A Dangerous Place to Work: 1913 Explosion at Nobel’s Factory
• A History of Main Street, Stevenston
• Ardeer Explosion 1938
• British Legion Bowling: England’s Touring Team at Ardeer
• History of Ardeer Golf Club
• HMS Edinburgh
• Stevenston Corn Mill
• The 1913 Strike at Nobel’s Explosives Factory
• The Formation of the Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenston Branch of the British Legion