Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland

LENNOXBANK
purchasing most of it, as well as many of its jurisdic-
tions. In 1836 Charles, fifth Duke of Eichmond and
Lennox, succeeded to the Gordon estates. See Gordon
Castle.
In the reign of James IV. the sheriffdom of Dumbar-
tonshire was made hereditary in the family of Lennox,
Earl Matthew obtaining in 1503 a grant which united
the office to the earldom. The office continued a per-
tinent of the Earls and Dukes for two centuries, and
was usually executed by deputy-sheriffs of their appoint-
ment. The Marquis of Montrose, who was created Duke
in 1707, purchased at once the sheriffdom of the county,
the custodiership of Dumbarton Castle, and the juris-
diction of the regality of Lennox, along with the large
part of the Lennox property bought from the first Duke
of Richmond and Lennox. The Earls and Dukes of
Lennox had a very ample jurisdiction over all their
estates, both in and beyond Dumbartonshire, compre-
hended in the regality of Lennox ; and their vassals
also had powers of jurisdiction within the lands held by
them, subject to the remarkable condition that all the
criminals condemned in their court should be executed
on the Earl's gallows. At the abolition of heritable
jurisdictions in 1748, the Duke of Montrose claimed for
the regality of Lennox £4000, but was allowed only
£578, 18s. 4d. See Sir William Fraser's The Lennox (2
vols., Edinb., 1874), and other works cited under Dum-
barton and Dumbartonshire.
Lennoxbank, an estate, with a mansion, in Bonhill
parish, Dumbartonshire, near Balloch station on the
Dumbarton and Balloch section of the North British
railway. — Ord. Sur., sh. 30, 1866.
Lennox Castle, a very strong ancient fortalice in
Currie parish, Edinburghshire, on a rising-ground on
the right bank of the Water of Leith, £ mile SW of
Currie village. It commanded a charming view down
the vale of the Water of Leith towards the Firth of
Forth; had a subterranean communication with another
building on the opposite bank of the river; belonged to
the Earls of Lennox ; was an occasional residence of
Queen Mary and the Regent Morton, and a favourite
hunting-seat of James VI., from whom it passed into
the possession of the celebrated George Heriot; and,
having fallen into decay, it became an utter ruin, now
popularly known as Lymphoy. — Ord. Sur., sh. 32,
1857.
Lennox Castle, a splendid mansion in Campsie parish,
Stirlingshire, 7 furlongs WSW of Campsie Glen station
on the Blane Valley section of the North British rail-
way, and If mile W by N of Lennoxtown. Standing
on the wooded northern slope of the South Brae (758
feet), it commands an extensive and brilliant view, and
itself figures as a striking feature in a gorgeous land-
scape. It was erected in 1837-41, after designs by David
Hamilton of Glasgow, in a bold variety of the grand old
Norman style ; occupies a site adjoining that of the old
mansion of Woodhead; and was the seat of the late Hon.
Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury Kincaid-Lennox,
M.P. for Herefordshire 1852-57 and for Leominster
1858-65. He married the heiress of Lennox Castle in
1861, and assumed her name. It is now the seat of
Mrs Cecilia Peareth Lennox.— Ord. Sur., sh. 30, 1866.
Lennox Hills, a range of hills extending east-north-
eastward along the middle of the ancient county of
Lennox, from the vicinity of Dumbarton to the vicinity
of Stirling. It is interrupted, in Strathblane parish, by
the valley of the Blane, but is elsewhere continuous.
The portion of it WSW of the interruption is called the
Kilpatrick Hills, and the portions ENE of the interrup-
tion are called the Strathblane, the Killearn, the Fintry,
the Gargunnock, the Campsie, the Kilsyth, and the
Dundaff Hills; and all these, with their principal char-
acters and altitudes, are separately noticed. The range
has an aggregate length of 23 miles; varies in breadth
from 4J to 9 miles; culminates in Earl's Seat at an alti-
tude of 1894 feet; consists chiefly of various kinds of
trap, containing great plenty of rare minerals; and in
many parts displays romantic features of glen, ravine,
cliff, and basaltic colonnade.
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LENZIE
Lennoxlove, a seat of Lord Blantyre, in Haddington
parish, Haddingtonshire, l\ mile S of Haddington
town. Anciently called Lethington, it belonged to the
Maitland family from 1345, and was the birthplace of
John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (1616-82), and long
the chief residence of him and of other members of the
line. About the beginning of the 18th century it passed
by sale to Alexander, Lord Blantyre, and was named by
him Lennoxlove in honour of the Duchess of Lennox,
who gave him the means of purchasing it. It is partly
a building of high antiquity, its square tower (80 feet
high, with walls from 10 to 13 feet in thickness) being
unsurpassed in strength and height by any similar
structure in Scotland. A Latin inscription over the
massive N door of grated iron records that this tower
was improved in 1626 by John Maitland, Earl of Lauder-
dale. — Ord. Sur., sh. 33, 1863. SeeERSKiNE and John
Small's Castles and Mansions of the Lothians (Edinb.
1833).
Lennoxtown, a town in Campsie parish, Stirlingshire,
on the left bank of Glazert AVater, with a station on the
Blane Valley section of the North British railway, 9^
miles SE of Killearn, 3J NNW of Kirkintilloch, and 11£
N by E of Glasgow. Founded a century since, it has
always been in great measure dependent on print-works,
bleachfields, alum-works, collieries, and other industrial
establishments in its vicinity, and mainly consists of one
long street, whose plain two-storey houses present an
unassuming but cleanly and comfortable appearance.
It serves as the centre of traffic for all the numerous and
various factories in Campsie parish, and has a post office
under Glasgow, with money order, savings bank, and
telegraph departments, branches of the Royal Bank and
of the National Security Savings Bank, a comfortable
hotel, a gas company, a water supply of 1876, a town-
hall, a mechanics' institute, ornithological, horticultural,
and agricultural societies, and several clubs. A sheriff
small debt court is held on the second Wednesday of
February, May, August, and November. Places of wor-
ship are Campsie parish church (1828; 1550 sittings),
with a square tower; a Free church, built soon after the
Disruption; a U.P. church (1784; 593 sittings); and St
Machan's Roman Catholic church (1846; 450 sittings).
The public and a Roman Catholic school, with respec-
tive accommodation for 567 and 288 children, have an
average attendance of about 325 and 180, and grants of
over £335 and £165. Pop. (1861) 3209, (1871) 3917,
(1881) 3249, (1891) 2838.— Ord. Sur., sh. 31, 1867.
Lentran, a station on the Beauly section of the High-
land railway, in Kirkhill parish, Inverness-shire, close
to the southern shore of the Beauly Firth, 5f miles W
by N of Inverness. Near it is Lentran House.
Lentrathen. See Lintrathen.
Lenturk. See Lynturk.
Leny, a hamlet and a low hill in Cramond parish,
Edinburghshire. The hamlet has a public school.
Leny, a mansion and a mountain pass in Callander
parish, Perthshire. The mansion, 1 mile NW of Cal-
lander village, in a small romantic glen with a water-
fall, was enlarged and turreted towards the middle of
the 19th century. Its owner is John Buchanan Hamil-
ton, Esq., F.R.S., of Bardowie and Spittal (b. 1822).
The Pass of Leny, 2,} miles WNW of Callander, strikes
north-by-westward to Loch Lubnaig; takes up the Cal-
lander and Oban railway; is traversed by the impetuous
northern head-stream of the Teith; and has a narrow,
alpine character, flanked by wooded precipices, and
overhung on the W side by the bold acclivities of Ben
Ledi (2875 feet). It formed in olden times a portal to
the Highlands, so strong that a few brave men could
have held it against an army, and is described by Sir
Walter Scott in his Legend of Montrose. — Ord. Sur., sh.
38, 1871.
Lenzie, a village in the suburbs of Kirkintilloch, partly
in Kirkintilloch parish, Dumbartonshire, and partly in
Cadder parish, Lanarkshire, with a junction on the
North British railway, If mile S of Kirkintilloch, 41
miles W of Edinburgh, and 6J NNE of Glasgow, under
which it has a post office, with money order, savings