A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Burleigh, an old baronial castle in Orwell parish, Kinross-shire, ¼ mile SE of Milnathort. A place originally of great strength, it was the seat from 1446 of the family of Balfour, and gave them the peerage title of Baron; it passed with its lands to General Irwin, and afterwards to Graham of Kinross; and now it is represented by only part of its exterior walls, incorporated with the outbuildings of a farmstead. Sir James Balfour was made Lord Balfour of Burleigh in 1606; Robert, fourth lord, the murderer of the Inverkeithing schoolmaster, took part in the '15, and suffered attainder; and Alexander Hugh Bruce was declared heir to the barony by the House of Lords in 1868, and relieved from the effect of the attainder by Act of Parliament in 1869. His Lordship's seat is Kennet House in Clackmannanshire.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "an old baronial castle" (ADL Feature Type: "fortifications") |
| Administrative units: | Orwell ScoP Kinross Shire ScoCnty |
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