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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.
Glenae, a mansion in Tinwald parish, Dumfriesshire, near the left bank of Park Burn, 1¼ mile NNW of Amisfield station, and 6 miles N by E of Dumfries. It superseded an ancient baronial fortalice, now a ruin, on Wood farm in the parish of Kirkmichael, 4 miles N by W; and it gave designation to three baronets from 1666 to 1703 belonging to a branch of the family of Dalzell, who, in the latter year, succeeded to the earldom of Carnwath. Its present owner, David Brainerd Dalzell, Esq. , M.D. (b. 1823; suc. 1847), holds 1234 acres in the shire, valued at £943 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 10, 1864.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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