Cramond, par. and vil., partly in Linlithgowshire, but chiefly in Edinburghshire, on S. coast of Firth of Forth, at mouth of river Almond, 5 miles NW. of Edinburgh, 5277 ac., pop. 3004; P.O.; has paper-mills and carries on some fishing. It occupies site of Roman sta., and many Roman relics have been found here. Adjacent is the ancient seat of Cramond House; 1 mile S. of vil. is Cramond Bridge; P.O.; 1 mile from the shore is Cramond Island, accessible on foot at low water, pop. 3. In the par. formerly was Cramond Regis, an ancient hunting seat of the Scottish kings.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))