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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WORMISTONE | Wormistone Wormistone Wormistone Wormistone |
David Aytone Lindesay Esq. Wormistone Revd. [Reverend] William Merson Crail John Hutton Farm West Newhall Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 1845 |
020 | [situation] N. by W. [North by West] from Crail Church This is a large and beautifully Situated Mansion House of the Estate of Wormistone It is surrounded by large full grown Forest trees. It is the property of the present occupier David Aytone Lindesay. The present Structure is a modern building, compared with the former. The present Occupier told me, that when the House passed from the family of Spens,to that of the Lindesays', the greater part was taken down, and the present structure raised on its Site. Regarding the exact dates of the transfer and rebuilding he was uncertain. But from the stones built into the Walls of the House, we may arrive at an almost certainty. The one Stone bears the date 1629, with the following words in Latin Sat Amico te 16 mihi felix 29 This I have no doubt is the year of the transfer of the House from Spens to |
Continued entries/extra info
Parish of Crail Plan 20 B Trace 4 85[page no.]"Wormistone the residence of David Aytone Lindesay Esqr.
"is a fine old house surrounded by hardwood trees of con-
"-Siderable Size and the only place in the parish in which
"for hundreds the Same famiy have had their abode. This
"property Sibbald says belonged of old to a family of the
"name of Spens descended from Macduff Earl of Fife
"but in the beginning of the 17th century it came into the
"possession of Patrick Lindesay a descendant of Lord Lindesay
"of the Byres. John Lindesay, son of the first
"proprietor of this name (as shown in the account of Airdrie)
"was like Lord Balcomie and the landholders in this quarter
"in general, a Strenuous supporter of Charles I & II". &c. &c. Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 1845
Transcriber's notes
the Latin words are set out in a box of 3 lines: Sat [1st line] Amico te [second line] 16 mihi felix 29 [third line]The Description of Wormistone is continued on page 86.
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