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| | Historical perspective for Lamington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Porphyry and greywacke are the prevailing rocks; and the soil is a deep rich loam or clay on the level holm-lands along the Clyde, on other arable lands is mainly of free and lightish yet kindly character, and on most of the hills is moorish or mossy. |
 | | That Marion Bradfute, wife of Sir William Wallace, was heiress of Lamington, and that their daughter transmitted her mother's rights to her husband, Sir William Baillie of Hoprig, are baseless traditions, for in 1368 Sir William Baillie, second of Hoprig, as son-in-law of Sir William Seton, obtained a charter of `Lambiston' barony. |
 | | His mansion, Lamington House, finely- seated on the hill-slope a little E of the village, is a modern Elizabethan edifice, with pleasant grounds. |
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