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.
Lennoxlove, a seat of Lord Blantyre, in Haddington parish, Haddingtonshire, 1 ¼ mile S of Haddington town. Anciently called Lethington, it belonged to the Maitland family from 1345, and was the birth-place of John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (1616-82), and long the chief residence of him and of other members of the line. About the beginning of the 18th century it passed by sale to Alexander, Lord Blantyre, and was named by him Lennoxlove in honour of the Duchess of Lennox, who gave him the means of purchasing it. It is partly a building of high antiquity, its square tower (80 feet high, with walls from 10 to 13 feet in thickness) being unsurpassed in strength and height by any similar structure in Scotland. A Latin inscription over the massive N door of grated iron records that this tower was improved in 1626 by John Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale. In Haddingtonshire Lord Blantyre holds 2953 acres, valued at £6421 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 33, 1863. See Erskine and John Small's Castles and Mansions of the Lothians (Edinb. 1883).
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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