Niddry Castle, a ruined baronial fortalice in Kirkliston parish, Linlithgowshire, near the Union Canal and the Edinburgh and Glasgow line of the North British railway, 1 mile SSE of Winchburgh. A strong square tower, roofless, but otherwise fairly entire, it was hither that Lord Seton conducted Queen Mary on the night of her escape from Lochleven Castle, 2 May 1568. From Niddry she sent a messenger to ask assistance of the Court of England, and next day she rode on to Hamilton. Niddry now is the property of the Earl of Hopetoun, and gives him the title of Baron Niddry.Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857.
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