Cornhill, an estate, with an elegant modern mansion, in Culter parish, E Lanarkshire, 2¾ miles S W of Biggar. It was purchased from the Handyside family, in 1866, by Alex. Kay, Esq., who owns 833 acres in the shire, valued at £388 per annum.

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