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Straiton Estate Company Limited, Straiton, Lasswade, Midlothian.

The entries may or may not be the same company or different companies based on the same site over the years.  They could also very well be connected with brickworks associated with the  Straiton Oil Works or the  Clippen Oil Company or the Midlothian Oil Company.

1878 – Straiton Estate Co Limited, manufacturers of bricks, fire-clay goods and mineral oils, lime-burners and freestone quarry owners, Straiton — Robert Young, manager; Office, 13 Castle St, Edinburgh.

1885 – Reference to the Straiton Brickworks near Loanhead, West Calder.

1938 – 1939 – Straiton Brick Company Limited. 28 Queens Street, Loanhead, Edinburgh.

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