Crookston, an estate in Borthwick and Stow parishes, Edinburghshire. Its mansion, in the NE of Stow, stands on the left bank of Gala Water, 1¾ mile N of Fountainhall station, and is the seat of John Borthwick, Esq. (b. 1825; suc. 1846), who holds 9723 acres in Edinburgh and Berwick shires, valued at £5851 per annum. See Borthwick.

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