- Bellsbank
Infobox UK place
official_name= Bellsbank
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country= Scotland
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population= 1,619 [cite web|publisher=Scotland's Census Results Online|title =Comparative Population Profile: Bellsbank Locality | url=http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=bellsbank&mainLevel=Locality | date = 2001-04-29| accessdate =2008-08-31 ] (2001 census)
est. 1,530 [http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data] (2006 )
os_grid_reference= NS480045
map_type= Scotland
latitude= 55.311802
longitude= -4.396416
post_town=
postcode_area= KA
postcode_district= KA6 7xx
dial_code= 01292 55
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unitary_scotland=East Lothian
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website=Bellsbank is a village half a mile away from the market town of
Dalmellington inEast Ayrshire ,Scotland . It is the highest place in the Doon Valley and is often counted as part of Dalmellington.Bellsbank was originally established to provide housing for the population of Benquat (one of several "ghost" villages in the Doon Valley that has been demolished).
Expanded between the wars to house miners from worked out areas that were relocated there. Laid out by the County Council the houses looked out over Bogton Loch, Craigengillen and the Loch Doon Hills.
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