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Smeaton  East Lothian

 

In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Smeaton like this:

Smeaton, a mansion of 1790, in Prestonkirk parish, Haddingtonshire, 1½ mile N of East Linton. It is interesting as containing several relics of Mary Queen of Scots-viz., an autograph letter, an altar cloth of her embroidering, a comb, a black satin body, etc. In 1538 Sir Patrick Hepburn of Wauchton gave half the lands of Smeaton and all Smeaton-Crux to his second son, Adam, whose last male descendant was succeeded in 1764 by his nephew, George Buchan of Letham. ...


He was created a baronet in 1815; and his grandson, Sir Thomas Buchan Hepburn, third Bart. (b. 1804; suc. 1833), holds 2772 acres in the shire, valued at £8513 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 33, 1863. See J. Small's Castles and Mansions of the Lothians (Edinb. 1883).

Additional information about this locality is available for Prestonkirk

Smeaton through time

Smeaton is now part of East Lothian district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Lothian has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Smeaton itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Smeaton in East Lothian | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26948

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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