Meaning of Riccarton | Babel Free

Definitions

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).
4. A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Examples

“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.”

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