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Kirklands, an estate, with a mansion, in Ancrum parish, Roxburghshire, 7 furlongs WNW of the village. The mansion, on a wooded height, overhanging Ale Water, was erected about 1830 after designs by Blore of London; and is a handsome edifice in the Tudor style. Its owner, Col. Roland Richardson, Esq. (b. 1821; suc. 1864), holds 70 acres in the shire, valued at £188 annum.Ord. Sur., sh. 17, 1864.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "an estate, with a mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels") |
Administrative units: | Ancrum ScoP Roxburghshire ScoCnty |
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