Bankton, a former mansion of Tranent parish, Haddingtonshire, ¼ mile E of Tranent station, and at the south-western verge of the battlefield of Prestonpans. It was the seat of Colonel Gardiner, who fell in the action, and afterwards of Andrew Macdowall, advocate, who, on his promotion to the bench, took hence the title of Lord Bankton; but it was totally destroyed by fire, 27 Nov. 1852.
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