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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
RICCARTON Riccarton
Riccarton
Riccarton
Mr. James Wilson Occupier
Mr James Young Cauldhame
Forrest's Co. [County] map
005 [Situation] Near the central portion of the Ph. [Parish] of Linlithgow
A commodious farm house, two storeys high, with suitable offices and thrashing mill all in good repair, there is a garden and large arable farm attached contiguous to the farmstead is a smithy, and wheelwright's shop, and a sawmill propelled by water, together with a few cottages one storey high, with small vegetable gardens attached; about 40 years ago there used to be an extensive village here, but all the houses with the exception of these enumerated were pulled down; and these still remaining with the farm house are known as Riccarton, the whole being the property of the Earl of Selkirk and tenanted by Mr John Wilson

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Parish of Linlithgow -- Sheet 5 No 8 Trace 2

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