Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cornhill

Cornhill, an estate, with an elegant modern mansion, in Culter parish, E Lanarkshire, 2¾ miles S W of Biggar. It was purchased from the Handyside family, in 1866, by Alex. Kay, Esq., who owns 833 acres in the shire, valued at £388 per annum.


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

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Feature Description: "an estate, with an elegant modern mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Culter ScoP       Lanarkshire ScoCnty

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