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Barnton House c.1870. He was born in Barnton House west of Edinburgh, on 29 May 1809, the eldest son of George Ramsay and his wife Jean Hamilton, daughter of John Hamilton Baron Belhaven. Barnton House (previously known as Cramond Regis) was commissioned by his father in 1784 to replace an earlier house, and was designed by Robert Adam.
The Bowman-Zirkle Farm, Campbell Farm, Clem-Kagey Farm, Edinburg Historic District, Edinburg Mill, Dr. Christian Hockman House, Lantz Mill, and John Miley Maphis House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Barnton (Scottish Gaelic: Baile an t-Sabhail) is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the north-west of the city, between Cramond and Corstorphine Hill and west of Davidsons Mains. Part of the area was traditionally known as " Cramond Muir" in reference to Cramond to the north.
Several diplomas in fish culture A gold medal in 1883 and 1885 from the International Fisheries Exhibition, Edinburgh Sir James Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland, 4th Baronet (29 March 1848 – 9 November 1897) was a Scottish aquaculturist who dedicated his life to experimenting on the practices of husbandry in fish.
Robert Barton was the son of John Barton the sailor. He took Perkin Warbeck away from Scotland in the Cuckoo in July 1497. [1] His usual business was exporting goods to Flanders and importing into Scotland, items bought by the King James IV included blue damask cloth, and timber for the ceiling of the chapel at Holyroodhouse in 1504. [2]
Meyer Oppenheim (December 28, 1905 – May 24, 1982) [1] was a financier and philanthropist in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was chairman of James Grant & Co and Argyle Securities. The family lived in The White House in Barnton which was later owned by David Murray and then the writer J.K. Rowling. [2] Oppenheim bought the Royal Lyceum Theatre in ...
Davidson's Mains is a former village and now a district in the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] It is adjacent to the districts of Barnton, Cramond, Silverknowes, Blackhall and Corbiehill/House O'Hill. It was absorbed into Edinburgh as part of the boundary changes in 1920 and is part of the EH4 postcode area.
Originally, the school was located at Cargilfield, a large villa on South Trinity Road in the Trinity area of Edinburgh. It was sometimes referred to as Cargilfield Trinity School. It largely served as a feeder school to nearby Fettes College. In 1899, the school relocated to Barnton. [1] In the period 2003–2012, the headmaster was John Elder.