Cringletie, an estate, with a mansion, in Eddlestone parish, Peeblesshire, 3 miles NNW of Peebles. The mansion, standing on a finely-wooded plateau, to the right of Eddleston Water, was rebuilt in 1863 in the old Scotch manor-house style, and contains some fine family portraits by Gainsborough, Raeburn, and others. For more than two centuries it has been the seat of a branch of the Murrays, which has produced a gallant soldier and an eminent judge-Col. Alex. Murray (d. 1762), and Jas. Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie (1760-1836). The son and namesake of the latter (b. 1814) holds 5108 acres in the shire, valued at £2647 per annum.

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