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Fife / Re: Fifeshire Cavalry
« on: Wednesday 03 April 13 22:09 BST (UK)  »
jf99, that's really interesting about the derivation of the name.  I am adding it to my notes.

To make matters even more confusing, there were THREE houses with similar names, but they were related through the Watson family.  The Watsons had sold off or dowered (still trying to sort out the lines of transfer) the east part of their lands called Saughton to the Moodie family in the 1600s.  In 1660, a Moodie daughter sold that land to Robert Baird who built a large manor called Saughton Hall and gardens on it.  The building later became a private asylum, then was bought by the Edinburgh corporation to be developed, but it also burned down in the mid 1950s.  There was evidently (and may still be) a Rose Garden, and the Scottish National Exhibition opened 1st May 1908 on the grounds there.

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Fife / Re: Fifeshire Cavalry - Saughton Info
« on: Sunday 31 March 13 06:30 BST (UK)  »
I don't know if you have found out more about Saughton and New Saughton, but I have been doing a lot of research about it and can help.

Saughton outside of Edinburgh was the hereditary holding of the Watson clan, along with Corstorphine, and the original Saughton manorhouse was built and enhanced over generations.  In 1737 the Watsons purchased the house and estate of Cammo, in Cramond parish, which they named New Saughton. The original manorhouse was called Old Saughton until it burned in 1920 and was demolished. The site is now occupied by Broomhill Primary School and grounds.  (It is not be confused with Saughton Hall held by the Baird family).

Cammo House was originally built in 1693 by John Menzies of Cammo, then sold to Sir John Clerk in 1710.  In 1741 the house was bought by Charles Watson; it was renamed New Saughton.  and it became their principal estate.  In 1872 Cammo House was acquired by Alexander Campbell, then the Clarks who held it until it burned down in 1977. 

Hope that helps get a picture of the area!

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