The core of the early town appears to have lain around what is now the Laigh Kirk , Kilmarnock ( Low Church ) , although the oldest parts of the current building are no earlier than the 17th century , extending north and northwest .
The core of the early town appears to have lain around what is now the Laigh Kirk ( Low Church ) , although the oldest parts of the current building are no earlier than the 17th century , extending north and northwest .