Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Clifton Hall

Clifton Hall, a mansion in the Edinburghshire section of Kirkliston parish, standing amid a beautiful park, which is bounded by the river Almond and the Union Canal, 2 miles W of Ratho. Its owner, Sir Jas. Ramsay Gibson-Maitland, fourth Bart. since 1818 (b. 1848; suc. 1876), holds 4505 acres in the shire, valued at £14,246 per annum.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Kirkliston ScoP       Midlothian ScoCnty

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