_783 Guided Walk: Ayr Town Centre "This popular walk explores the civic, commercial and religious history of the town centre. It will cover the two Civil War leaders, Frederick Douglass and Ulysses S Grant, who separately visited the town and paid homage to Robert Burns. We shall look at forgotten people such as William Maclure and James McCosh; justice for the gentry in the 16th century and compare that with justice for the poor in the 18th century; and tell stories of Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassillis and the impoverished Margaret Crossan, last woman to be hanged in Ayr. From Wellington Square, the walk visits High Street, the Auld Brig, Town Hall, Police Cells and Courtroom, Academy Lane and its links with smuggling, the Relief Church, John Murdoch?s schoolroom and ends back at the Square. Tour lasts 2 hours." Organization "This popular walk explores the civic, commercial and religious history of the town centre. It will cover the two Civil War leaders, Frederick Douglass and Ulysses S Grant, who separately visited the town and paid homage to Robert Burns. We shall look at forgotten people such as William Maclure and James McCosh; justice for the gentry in the 16th century and compare that with justice for the poor in the 18th century; and tell stories of Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassillis and the impoverished Margaret Crossan, last woman to be hanged in Ayr. From Wellington Square, the walk visits High Street, the Auld Brig, Town Hall, Police Cells and Courtroom, Academy Lane and its links with smuggling, the Relief Church, John Murdoch?s schoolroom and ends back at the Square. Tour lasts 2 hours." 55.86362 -4.261207