Riccarton

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proper noun

A village and parish in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4335).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and parish in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4335).
  2. An outer suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1769).
  3. A former settlement at Riccarton Junction railway station, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire (OS grid ref NY5497).

    Riccarton Junction, with its railwaymen's co-operative shop on the island platform, has no connection with the outside world by road; and as we move off smartly down to the south, we cannot help wondering, now that the "Junction" part is losing its meaning, what Riccarton Station's future may be.

    1956 December, Michael Robbins, “End of the Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 810
  4. A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Cite this entry
APA

Riccarton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Riccarton

MLA

“Riccarton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Riccarton. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Riccarton,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Riccarton.

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