Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ruchlaw

Ruchlaw, an ancient mansion in Whittingham parish, Haddingtonshire, on the left bank of Souchet Water, 3¾ miles SE of East Linton. Its owner, Thomas Buchan Sydserff, Esq. (b. 1822; suc. 1839), holds 2200 acres in the shire, valued at £1701 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 33, 1863.


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

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Feature Description: "an ancient mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Whittinghame ScoP       East Lothian ScoCnty

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