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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNTON HOUSE | Barnton House | Revd [Reverend] W. Colvin Cramond W. Clarke Cramond |
001 | A large and commodious Mansion house, situated in a park of 400 acres, it has two towers, one on the South and the other on the East Side. built in a castellated style, not exceeding three Storeys in height, its position is somewhat scecluded from the Splendour and Size of the trees that surround it. The drives are extensive and well laid out, the gardens Situated about 1/2 mile east nothing could excell the taste and elegance in which they are kept. though unavoidably too great a distance from the mansion house. This place first became the Seat of Lord Balmerinoch, 1623, part of which still remains a considerable addition was made by Sir Robert Milne in 1683, adjacent to which on the N. [North] has a chapel built in 1770 by Lord & Lady Glenorchy afterwards purchased by William Ramsay Esqr. in 1778 |
| CRAMOND REGIS | 001 | This place according to Lonce ancient Chartres was the hunting Seat of the Kings of Scotland at which time it went by the name of Cramond Regis |
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[Page] 65P. [Plan] 1.B -- List of Names collected by John E Daveran RS [Royal Sappers] & Miners Examiner
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Parish - Cramond
Object
Barnton House - House
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[Signed] J E Daveran
Jany [January] 29th 1850
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