By the 1950s Dunlop had a post office, four grocers, a baker, a newsagent, a hotel and a public house.
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In 1876 the town had acquired a butcher, a baker, a branch of the Clydesdale Bank and a Free Church (1845) but still no writer or doctor was needed. The population of the village in 1871 was 380 and 357 in 1881, whilst the parish was 1,160 and 1,361 persons respectively. The railway finally came to Dunlop in 1871 and because of the improved connection with Glasgow the farmers were able to send their milk direct to Glasgow, resulting in the decline and finally the cessation of cheese making in Dunlop. They moved closer to the railway, where they remained until recently (2010). Robert Howie and sons started a small meal-mill in 1857 and then established a sawmill.
By the 1930s this ham-curing business had diversified, branched out into Ireland and had factories in Barrhead and at Eglinton in Irvine the original curing house, known as the 'Burnhouse', has been landscaped and transformed into a local park thanks to funding from the Barcapel Foundation, previously the Clement Wilson Foundation. In 1849 a Mr Wilson set up shop as a ham curer. 1823 saw 'Mackie's Mill', producing woollen blankets, being set up on the banks of the Glazert Water and by 1939 Mackie's Mill was producing carpet yarn and had also branched out to establish two more manufacturing sites. In 1791 Dunlop is recorded as having six masons, 12 weavers, three smiths, three shoemakers, four tailors and three inn-keepers by 1874 the village had 10 shoemakers, eight masons, six weavers, six smiths, five wrights and one tailor, but no baker or flesher and the people's health was such that no surgeon was need or writer (lawyer). Tam died in odd circumstances, supposedly being murdered by the fairies for giving away their secrets. On another occasion he was prevented from helping the Devil blow a man off the thatched roof he was repairing by the man uttering God save me and had to make do with blowing off the man's wig and bonnet finally he once entered a blacksmith's house by flying down the chimney. Tam could not get over the flood swollen Lugton Water so he just. Tam Giffen was reputed to be a warlock from the Dunlop Parish and many anecdotes are told of his marvellous doings in the 1860s. Dunlop cheeses are still made at Clerkland Farm (2010). The cheese-making used up excess fresh milk but the coming of the railways reduced the need for cheese manufacture. The cheese became world famous and created a cottage industry, with cheese merchants from Kirktoun buying up the cheeses and taking them to Glasgow for sale. Her stone cheese press was said to be preserved at 'The Hill' Farm in the 1860s but the existing press is dated after her death. ĭunlop cheese, a sweet milk cheese, was first made by Barbara Gilmour who went to Ireland to escape the covenanting prosecutions. Dunlap, Dunlapp, Dunlape, Dunlopp, Dunlope, Dunloup, Downlop, Dalape, Delap, DeLap, Delappe, Dulop, Dulap, Dulape, Dullope, Donlop, Donlap, Dounlap, Dunlip, Dewlap are all recorded variations of today's Dunlop.
The Estate was erected into the Barony of Dunlop in 1688. In the 1600s, Dunloppe had two fairs a year for the sale of dairy stock, one on the second Friday of May and the other called Hallowday, on 12 November. The old local pronunciation was Dulop or Delap without an 'n' and this has led to suggestions of other origins. Therefore, it is the fortified hill by the bend in the river. The name, first recorded in 1260, may be derived from the Gaelic words Dun (a castle) and Luib (a bend). 8 The Battle of Boyd's or Craignaught Hill.2.1 Hans Hamilton and the Picture House.1.3.1 The Brechna Braes and Brackenheugh.
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