Craigiehall, an estate, with a mansion, in the SE of Dalmeny parish, Linlithgowshire, on the left bank of the Almond, 7 furlongs W of Cramond Bridge, and 3¼ miles W by S of Davidson's Mains. Its owner, James Charles Hope Vere (b. 1858; suc. 1872), holds 2217 acres in Mid and West Lothian, valued at £5433 per annum. (See also blackwood, Lanarkshire.) The park around the mansion is finely wooded; and the Almond, where skirting it, forms a picturesque cascade beneath a rustic bridge. See Dalmeny.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)