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HARTREE
HAUSTER
Hartree, an estate, with a mansion, in the Peebles-
shire section of Culter parish, 2J miles S by E of Biggar.
It has been held by the Dickson s since the third decade
of the 17th century.
Hartrigge, a mansion in Jedburgh parish, Roxburgh-
shire, 7 furlongs NE of the town. Approached by a
fine avenue, it is a Scottish Baronial edifice, formed in
1854 by David Bryce out of an older and plainer house
for John, Lord Campbell (1781-1861), Chancellor of
England, who made it his home for several years. Its
present possessor, his son, William Frederick Campbell,
second Baron Stratheden and Campbell since 1S36 and
1S41 (b. 1824 ; sue. 1860-61), holds 1600 acres in the
shire, valued at £2278 per annum. Hartrigge, besides,
was the deathplace of two Scotch judges — William
Penney, Lord Kinloch (1801-72), and Robert Macfar-
lane, LordOrmidale (1S02-80).— Orel. Sar., sh. 17, 1864.
Hart's Leap, a defile on the mutual border of Yarrow
and Ettrick parishes, Selkirkshire, 2J miles NW of
Tushielaw. It got its name from a prodigious leap made
at it by a hart, during a hunt by one of the ancient
Scottish kings ; and it retains two large stones, 28 feet
apart, said to have been set up by order of the king, to
mark the extent of the leap.
Hartwood, an estate, with a mansion of 1S07, in West
Calder parish, SW Edinburghshire, 1J mile S of the
town.
Harvieston, an estate, with an old, thick-walled man-
sion, greatly enlarged in 1S69, in Borthwiek parish,
Edinburghshire, 1 mile S by E of Gorebridge. Its
owner, George Cranstoun Trotter-Cranstoun (b. 1801 ;
sue. 183S), holds 1652 acres in the shire, valued at £632
per annum, and whose ancestor bought it about the year
1750. Some fragments of the ancient castle of Catcune
are within the grounds.
Harviestoun, an estate in Tillicoultry parish, Clack-
mannanshire, at the southern base of the Ochils, 1J
mile ENE of the town. Its present mansion, Harvies-
toun Castle, was built in 1S04 by Crawfurd Tait, Esq.
(1765-1S32), whose youngest son, Archibald (1811-82),
Archbishop of Canterbury, spent much of his boyhood
here. It is an elegant edifice, with finely-wooded
grounds, and was greatly improved by Sir Andrew Orr
(1802-74), who, having bought the estate in 1859, added
a new tower and porch, and formed two beautiful ap-
proaches leading from Tillicoultry and Dollar. His
brother and successor, James Orr, Esq. (b. 1812), holds
4726 acres in the shire, valued at £4013 per annum.
It was during a ten days' visit to Harviestoun in the
summer of 1787, that Robert Burns saw Charlotte
Hamilton, the 'fairest maid on Devon banks,' and a
cousin-german of Mr C. Tait. — Orel. Sur., sh. 39, 1869.
Hassendean, a station on the Waveriey route of the
North British, in Minto parish, Roxburghshire, 4J
miles XNE of Hawick. Past it flows Hassendean Burn,
winding 4f miles east-south-eastward to the Teviot, and
overhung, on the left, by Minto Hill (905 feet). An
ancient baronj', it belonged for ages to a branch of the
family of Scott, of whom Sir Alexander fell at the battle
of Hodden ; and makes considerable figure, in record
and in song, under the names of Halstaneden and
Hazeldean. Its baronial fortalice or strong peel-tower,
near the mouth of the burn, is now represented by a
small fragment forming the gable of a cottage ; and
there was also a monastic cell, called Monk's Tower, on a
tract still designated Monk's Croft. An ancient parish
of Hassendean, conterminous with the barony, belonged,
as to its teinds and patronage, to the monks of Melrose,
and about the era of the Reformation was annexed
chiefly to Minto, but partly to Wilton and Roberton.
Its church, whose site, by the side of the Teviot, was
swept away along with the graveyard by a strong flood
in 1796, was a Norman edifice, and had such strong hold
on the affections of the dalesmen that they repeatedly
made indignant resistance to measures for closing it.
Eventually, however, it was taken down in 1690 in the
face of a riotous demonstration, on the part of women as
well as men. — Orel. Sur., sh. 17, 1864.
Hatton, a village in Cruden parish, E Aberdeenshire,
63
8 miles NE of Ellon, under wdiich it has a post office.
At it are a branch of the Union Bank, a public school,
and Cruden Free church (1844), which last was the
nucleus of the village, and after which it at first was
called the Free Kirkton of Cruden. — Orel. Sur., sh. 87,
1876.
Hatton, an estate, with a mansion, in Marykirk
parish, S Kincardineshire, 3J miles SW of Laurence-
kirk. Its owner, Major-Gen. the Hon. Walter Arbuth-
nott (b. 1808 ; sue. 1868), holds 633 acres in the shire,
valued at £885 per annum. — Orel. Sur., sh. 57, 1868.
Hatton, an estate, with a mansion, in Ratho parish,
Edinburghshire. The mansion, a striking example of
the Scoto-French chateau of the 17th century, stands
near the southern verge of the parish, 1J mile SSW of
Ratho village, and consists of a thick-walled, three-
story tower of the 15th century, with wings, turrets,
and other additions of 1670 and later years. It was
the summer residence of Francis Jeffrey (1812-14).
Purchased in 1377 from John de Hatton by Allan de
Lawdre or Lauder, the estate remained with his de-
scendants till 1653, when it passed by marriage to the
noble family of Lauderdale, by whom it was sold in
1792. It then comprehended nearly one-half of the
parish, but shortly afterwards was parcelled out into six
properties, of which that of Hatton House, comprising
500 acres, was purchased in 1870 for £42,000 by the
Earl of Morton, whose son, Lord Aberdour, soon after
restored the mansion. — Orel. Sur., sh. 32, 1857. See
John Small's Castles and Mansions of the Lothians
(Edinb. 1883).
Hattonburn, an estate, with a mansion, in Orwell
parish, Kinross-shire, J mile NNE of Milnathort. Its
owner, the Hon. Mrs Montgomery, widow of Thomas
Henry Montgomery, Esq. (1828-79), holds 335 acres in
the shire, valued at £662 per annum. — Orel. Sur., sh.
40, 1867.
Hatton Castle, a square castellated mansion of 1814,
with finely-wooded grounds, in Turriff parish, N Aber-
deenshire, 3J miles SE of Turriff town. It comprises a
fragment of the ancient baronial castle of Balquholly
(Gael, baile-choille, ' town in the wood '), the seat of the
Mowats from the 13th century till 1723, when the estate
was sold to Alexander Duff, Esq. His descendant,
Garden Alexander Duff, Esq. (b. 1853; sue. 1866),
holds 11,576 acres in the shire, valued at £9662 per
annum.— Orel. Stir., sh. 86, 1876.
Hatton Castle, a ruined fortalice in Newtyle parish,
SW Forfarshire, at the western base of Hatton Hill
(870 feet), J mile SE of the village. Built in 1575 by
Lawrence, fourth Lord Oliphant, it commanded the
Sidlaw pass of the Glack, down which it looks to an
extensive prospect of Strathmore. — Orel. Sur., sh. 48,
1868.
Hatton Law, a hamlet in Largo parish, Fife, 1J mile
NW of Largo station.
Hatton, Lower, a village in Caputh parish, Perth-
shire, 1J mile N of Dunkeld.
Hatton, Wester. See Belhelvie.
Haugh, a village in Mauchline parish, Ayrshire, on
the right bank of the Ayr, 1 J mile S of Mauchline town.
Haughhead, a village in Campsie parish, Stirling-
shire, at the junction of Fin and Campsie Glens, J mile
NW of Campsie Glen station. It has a post office
under Glasgow.
Haughhead. See Eckford.
Haugh of Urr, a village in Urr parish, Kirkcudbright-
shire, near the left bank of Urr Water, 4 miles NNW of
Dalbeattie, under which it has a post office.
Haughton, a mansion, with finely-wooded grounds,
in Alford parish, Aberdeenshire, near the right bank of
the Don, 1 mile NNE of the village. Purchased by his
ancestor in the latter half of the 17th century, the
estate is now held by Robert Francis Ogilvie Farquhar-
son, Esq. (b. 1823 ; sue. 1854), who owns 4500 acres in
the shire, valued at £3774 per annum. — Orel. Sur., sh.
76, 1874.
Hauster, a burn of Wick parish, E Caithness, rising
on the Latheron border at an altitude of 556 feet, and
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HAUSTER
Hartree, an estate, with a mansion, in the Peebles-
shire section of Culter parish, 2J miles S by E of Biggar.
It has been held by the Dickson s since the third decade
of the 17th century.
Hartrigge, a mansion in Jedburgh parish, Roxburgh-
shire, 7 furlongs NE of the town. Approached by a
fine avenue, it is a Scottish Baronial edifice, formed in
1854 by David Bryce out of an older and plainer house
for John, Lord Campbell (1781-1861), Chancellor of
England, who made it his home for several years. Its
present possessor, his son, William Frederick Campbell,
second Baron Stratheden and Campbell since 1S36 and
1S41 (b. 1824 ; sue. 1860-61), holds 1600 acres in the
shire, valued at £2278 per annum. Hartrigge, besides,
was the deathplace of two Scotch judges — William
Penney, Lord Kinloch (1801-72), and Robert Macfar-
lane, LordOrmidale (1S02-80).— Orel. Sar., sh. 17, 1864.
Hart's Leap, a defile on the mutual border of Yarrow
and Ettrick parishes, Selkirkshire, 2J miles NW of
Tushielaw. It got its name from a prodigious leap made
at it by a hart, during a hunt by one of the ancient
Scottish kings ; and it retains two large stones, 28 feet
apart, said to have been set up by order of the king, to
mark the extent of the leap.
Hartwood, an estate, with a mansion of 1S07, in West
Calder parish, SW Edinburghshire, 1J mile S of the
town.
Harvieston, an estate, with an old, thick-walled man-
sion, greatly enlarged in 1S69, in Borthwiek parish,
Edinburghshire, 1 mile S by E of Gorebridge. Its
owner, George Cranstoun Trotter-Cranstoun (b. 1801 ;
sue. 183S), holds 1652 acres in the shire, valued at £632
per annum, and whose ancestor bought it about the year
1750. Some fragments of the ancient castle of Catcune
are within the grounds.
Harviestoun, an estate in Tillicoultry parish, Clack-
mannanshire, at the southern base of the Ochils, 1J
mile ENE of the town. Its present mansion, Harvies-
toun Castle, was built in 1S04 by Crawfurd Tait, Esq.
(1765-1S32), whose youngest son, Archibald (1811-82),
Archbishop of Canterbury, spent much of his boyhood
here. It is an elegant edifice, with finely-wooded
grounds, and was greatly improved by Sir Andrew Orr
(1802-74), who, having bought the estate in 1859, added
a new tower and porch, and formed two beautiful ap-
proaches leading from Tillicoultry and Dollar. His
brother and successor, James Orr, Esq. (b. 1812), holds
4726 acres in the shire, valued at £4013 per annum.
It was during a ten days' visit to Harviestoun in the
summer of 1787, that Robert Burns saw Charlotte
Hamilton, the 'fairest maid on Devon banks,' and a
cousin-german of Mr C. Tait. — Orel. Sur., sh. 39, 1869.
Hassendean, a station on the Waveriey route of the
North British, in Minto parish, Roxburghshire, 4J
miles XNE of Hawick. Past it flows Hassendean Burn,
winding 4f miles east-south-eastward to the Teviot, and
overhung, on the left, by Minto Hill (905 feet). An
ancient baronj', it belonged for ages to a branch of the
family of Scott, of whom Sir Alexander fell at the battle
of Hodden ; and makes considerable figure, in record
and in song, under the names of Halstaneden and
Hazeldean. Its baronial fortalice or strong peel-tower,
near the mouth of the burn, is now represented by a
small fragment forming the gable of a cottage ; and
there was also a monastic cell, called Monk's Tower, on a
tract still designated Monk's Croft. An ancient parish
of Hassendean, conterminous with the barony, belonged,
as to its teinds and patronage, to the monks of Melrose,
and about the era of the Reformation was annexed
chiefly to Minto, but partly to Wilton and Roberton.
Its church, whose site, by the side of the Teviot, was
swept away along with the graveyard by a strong flood
in 1796, was a Norman edifice, and had such strong hold
on the affections of the dalesmen that they repeatedly
made indignant resistance to measures for closing it.
Eventually, however, it was taken down in 1690 in the
face of a riotous demonstration, on the part of women as
well as men. — Orel. Sur., sh. 17, 1864.
Hatton, a village in Cruden parish, E Aberdeenshire,
63
8 miles NE of Ellon, under wdiich it has a post office.
At it are a branch of the Union Bank, a public school,
and Cruden Free church (1844), which last was the
nucleus of the village, and after which it at first was
called the Free Kirkton of Cruden. — Orel. Sur., sh. 87,
1876.
Hatton, an estate, with a mansion, in Marykirk
parish, S Kincardineshire, 3J miles SW of Laurence-
kirk. Its owner, Major-Gen. the Hon. Walter Arbuth-
nott (b. 1808 ; sue. 1868), holds 633 acres in the shire,
valued at £885 per annum. — Orel. Sur., sh. 57, 1868.
Hatton, an estate, with a mansion, in Ratho parish,
Edinburghshire. The mansion, a striking example of
the Scoto-French chateau of the 17th century, stands
near the southern verge of the parish, 1J mile SSW of
Ratho village, and consists of a thick-walled, three-
story tower of the 15th century, with wings, turrets,
and other additions of 1670 and later years. It was
the summer residence of Francis Jeffrey (1812-14).
Purchased in 1377 from John de Hatton by Allan de
Lawdre or Lauder, the estate remained with his de-
scendants till 1653, when it passed by marriage to the
noble family of Lauderdale, by whom it was sold in
1792. It then comprehended nearly one-half of the
parish, but shortly afterwards was parcelled out into six
properties, of which that of Hatton House, comprising
500 acres, was purchased in 1870 for £42,000 by the
Earl of Morton, whose son, Lord Aberdour, soon after
restored the mansion. — Orel. Sur., sh. 32, 1857. See
John Small's Castles and Mansions of the Lothians
(Edinb. 1883).
Hattonburn, an estate, with a mansion, in Orwell
parish, Kinross-shire, J mile NNE of Milnathort. Its
owner, the Hon. Mrs Montgomery, widow of Thomas
Henry Montgomery, Esq. (1828-79), holds 335 acres in
the shire, valued at £662 per annum. — Orel. Sur., sh.
40, 1867.
Hatton Castle, a square castellated mansion of 1814,
with finely-wooded grounds, in Turriff parish, N Aber-
deenshire, 3J miles SE of Turriff town. It comprises a
fragment of the ancient baronial castle of Balquholly
(Gael, baile-choille, ' town in the wood '), the seat of the
Mowats from the 13th century till 1723, when the estate
was sold to Alexander Duff, Esq. His descendant,
Garden Alexander Duff, Esq. (b. 1853; sue. 1866),
holds 11,576 acres in the shire, valued at £9662 per
annum.— Orel. Stir., sh. 86, 1876.
Hatton Castle, a ruined fortalice in Newtyle parish,
SW Forfarshire, at the western base of Hatton Hill
(870 feet), J mile SE of the village. Built in 1575 by
Lawrence, fourth Lord Oliphant, it commanded the
Sidlaw pass of the Glack, down which it looks to an
extensive prospect of Strathmore. — Orel. Sur., sh. 48,
1868.
Hatton Law, a hamlet in Largo parish, Fife, 1J mile
NW of Largo station.
Hatton, Lower, a village in Caputh parish, Perth-
shire, 1J mile N of Dunkeld.
Hatton, Wester. See Belhelvie.
Haugh, a village in Mauchline parish, Ayrshire, on
the right bank of the Ayr, 1 J mile S of Mauchline town.
Haughhead, a village in Campsie parish, Stirling-
shire, at the junction of Fin and Campsie Glens, J mile
NW of Campsie Glen station. It has a post office
under Glasgow.
Haughhead. See Eckford.
Haugh of Urr, a village in Urr parish, Kirkcudbright-
shire, near the left bank of Urr Water, 4 miles NNW of
Dalbeattie, under which it has a post office.
Haughton, a mansion, with finely-wooded grounds,
in Alford parish, Aberdeenshire, near the right bank of
the Don, 1 mile NNE of the village. Purchased by his
ancestor in the latter half of the 17th century, the
estate is now held by Robert Francis Ogilvie Farquhar-
son, Esq. (b. 1823 ; sue. 1854), who owns 4500 acres in
the shire, valued at £3774 per annum. — Orel. Sur., sh.
76, 1874.
Hauster, a burn of Wick parish, E Caithness, rising
on the Latheron border at an altitude of 556 feet, and
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