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Born at Alloway, Ayrshire in 1759, Burns's love of poetry was instilled in him by his teacher, John Murdoch.

Scotland's most celebrated poet Robert Burns was born in this simple cottage on 25 January 1759.

Robert Burns was born here on 25 January 1759.

Famous as the birthplace of John Macadam in 1756 and of Robert Burns in 1759, Ayr was founded under a charter granted by William the Lion.

Robert Burns came to the town in 1791 and lived with his wife and family in a house in Millhole Brae.

It was at a house in Westgate in February 1555 that Bishop John Hooper spent his last night before being burnt at the stake in St Mary's Square.

During the 1830s this pretty village was the scene of a major uprising among farm labourers, with angry mobs burn- ing hayricks and destroying machinery.

It was burned down by the French in 1377 along with Rottingdean's inhabitants, who had taken shelter inside it.

The mill is just south of the village on the Birkey Burn.

Robert Burns played in this churchyard as a boy, and the popular legends about hauntings and the ghostly atmosphere of the roofless ruin affected him deeply.

Nearby is the Grand Hotel (rooms 4s 6d, dinner 5s), the parish council building, the school board offices and a statue of Robert Burns.

Robert Burns came to the town in 1791 and lived with his wife and family in a house in Millhole Brae.

The 'burn' part of the name comes from the stream which runs through the village.

The Burnhams take their name from the river Burn, which runs through this picture.

It burned down in 1928.

It burned down in 1928.

It is seen here in its former glory, for it was burned down in 1934; it has since been rebuilt in brick - a copy of the stone original.

Burns's father is buried in the churchyard.

It was extensively remodelled during the 19th century by the architect William Burn; it had previously been modernised between 1768 and 1788 by John Carr of York.

The theatre burned down in 1926; plays then had to be performed in a local cinema.

The cars rattled and juddered around the circuit, and on hot days there was always the pervading smell of burning oil.

Before the coming of tourism, Torquay was an obscure fishing hamlet, its villagers scratching a living from the sea, smuggling and lime burning.

While many houses burned down in the fire of 1659, the 15th century church of St.

In his 'A Shropshire Lad', the poet A E Housman opens with the words: 'From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain . . .'