Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Treesbank

Treesbank, a mansion in Riccarton parish, Ayrshire, 2¾ miles S by W of Kilmarnock. It was founded about 1672, when James, second son of Sir Hugh Campbell of Cessnock, obtained the estate from - his father; and it was enlarged in 1838. The present proprietor, Captain George James Campbell - (b. 1832; suc. 1880), holds 1049 acres in the shire, valued at £1882 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 22, 1865. See A. H. Millar's Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire (Edinb. 1885).


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Riccarton ScoP       Ayrshire ScoCnty

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