A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Malleny, an estate, with a mansion, in Currie parish, Edinburghshire, close to Balerno village and station. The house is old and ivy-mantled, with -Dutch gardens, and fine old yews and plane-trees. The estate from the middle of the 17th century was held by a branch of the Scotts of Murdieston, one of whose members was General Thomas Scott (1745-1841). By his grand-nephew, Col. Francis Cunningham Scott, C.B., it was sold in 1882 for £125,000 to the Earl of Rosebery. With a rental of £4351 it comprises 2972 acres, of which 2127 are arable, 630 hill-pasture, and 190 woodland and plantations.Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857. See Dalmeny, and John Small's Castles and Mansions of the Lothians (Edinb. l883).
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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