Springkell, a mansion in Kirkpatrick-Fleming parish, Dumfriesshire, near the left bank of Kirtle Water, 4 miles E by N of Ecclefechan, and 2 ½ NE of Kirtle Bridge station. Erected in 1734, and greatly enlarged in 1818, it is a fine Grecian edifice, of centre and wings, with beautiful grounds. In 1609 William Maxwell acquired the barony of Kirkconnell and Springkell; and his fifth descendant, Sir John Heron-Maxwell, sixth Bart. since 1683 (b. 1808; suc. 1844), holds 13, 391 acres in the shire, valued at £8758 per annum.Ord. Sur., sh. 10, 1864.
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