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Boghead 25th Oct. 1855
Sir,
I beg to thank you for
your attention in writing to me regarding
the name of the new village upon
my property. The fact is, it was for some
weeks called Durhamville, but
the colliers not being French Scholars
so shocked the ears of the more polished
inhabitants of the place by converting
the ville into vile that I have altered the
name from Durhamville
into Durhamtoun.
I am
Sir
Your obedt. [Obedient] Servant
Thomas Durham Weir.
Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county, OS Name Books - West Lothian county - Volume 12 - Parish of Bathgate, OS1/34/12
This volume contains information on place names found in the West Lothian parish of Bathgate.
Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of West Lothian, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.