Meadowbank House, a mansion in Kirknewton parish, Edinburghshire, 7 furlongs SE of Midcalder Junction. A plain edifice of the close of the 17th century, it has been thrice enlarged since 1795, and stands in a finely-wooded park of 200 acres. Possessed by his ancestors for nearly 200 years, the estate now is owned by Allan Alexander Maconochie Welwood, Esq. (b. 1806; suc. 1861), who holds 1583 acres in Edinburghshire and 724 in Fife, valued at £1777 and £1688 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857. See Kirknewton, and John Small's Castles and Mansions of the Lothians (Edinb. 1883).

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