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chapter, that the venerable sycamore known as 

 " Queen Mary's Tree " has braved the storms of so 

 many generations. 



Kingston Grange. — Adjoining Little France is 

 the estate and mansion of Kingston Grange. This 

 property has been added to the estate of Craigmillar 

 by its having been purchased by the present proprietor, 

 Captain Gordon Gilmour. Formerly it was called 

 Sunnyside, but the name was changed when it was 

 purchased by the late Mr Hay, of Duns Castle, to 

 perpetuate the memory of his ancestor. Viscount 

 Kingston. At the east side of the park are some 

 cottages which still bear the name of Sunnyside. 

 The park, which is eighty acres in extent, and beauti- 

 fully furnished, is a feu off the barony of Moredun. 



MoREDUN. — The house and estate of Moredun, 

 formerly called Goodtrees, is of considerable antiquity, 

 and in olden times belonged to the Herries family — 

 a family of much local influence m the fourteenth 

 and fifteenth centuries. It afterwards became the 

 property of Lord Somerville, along with the estate of 

 Drum and half of the estate of Gilmerton. There- 



