DUNDONALD

[seekthem]

Does anyone familiar with the area of Dundonald know where Darlyhall was.  My Watson/White ancestors lived there in the late 1700s.
Thanks

[jmgrgr]

Looking at the LDS transcription of the 1881 UK Census, there is a couple of families living at  "Troon and Loans Road Darley" in Enumeration District # 3, Dundonald parish #590-1. The only other address on Troon and Loans Road in ED 3 is "Troon and Loans Road Auld Bennels" (six households).  Immediately after the Darley homes are households at "Ayr Road Muirhead". Most of the addresses in ED 3 are listed as "Ayr Road Loans", with several having named buildings.

Looking at Multimap.com's Ordnance Survey, Darley Burn, Murhead and Loans are east of Troon.

I'm guessing Darleyhall would be near Darley Burn. The modern Ordnance Survey map doesn't show it, but older OS maps might. It's possible that Auld Bennels is another name for Darleyhall.

[seekthem]

Thanks for your reply.  Not sure as Darley Burn nearer troon.  The spelling in the OPR
was Darlyhall without the e.  Thanks for the interest

[jmgrgr]

In those days Darley, Darly, Darlee, Darlie and possibly Darleigh would all be possible spellings for the same place.

[BBlack514]

I expect you are referring to a baptismal record from 1778 in Dundonald that states: Baptism of William Watson, son of David Watson, day labourer at the Darlyhall, and Helen Whyte, spouses. As you can see, it says "the Darlyhall." None of the other numerous localities listed on this same page are preceded by "the," so Darlyhall probably refers to a building.
The other commenters here are probably correct in that it was in the vicinity of Darley Plantation, "A large plantation Chiefly Fir trees the property of the Duke of Portland" from the Dundonald O.S. books, vol. 25, from 1855-1857. There was no standardized spelling of place names or even surnames in those days.