Volume contents
- 1 - Borrowstouness , index
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- 63A - Borrowstouness , title page
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORROWSTOUNNESS | Ph. [Parish] of Borrowstoness Borrowstownness Borrowstownness Borrowstoness Borrowstounness Borrowstounness or Bo'ness Borrowstouness Borrowstounness Borrowstounness Borrowstounness Borrowstounness Borrowstounness Borrowstounness Borrowstounness Borrowstounness |
Sheriffs List of Phs [Parishes] New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Vol. [Volume] 18. page 423 Johnston's Co. [County] map Oliver & Boyds Almk. [Almanack] Fullarton's Gazetteer Chalmer's Caledonia Revd. [Reverend] K. MacKenzie Borrowstounness Revd. [Reverend] A. Bell, D.D. [Doctor of Divinity] Linlithgow R. Glen Town clerk Linlithgow J. Hardy Esqr Ex provost Linlithgow Town Records of Linthw. [Linlithgow] William Wilson Esqr. Kinniel Iron works George Kirkwood north Hanning Mr. Colquhoun Supert. [Superintendent] of Police Linlithgow |
001 | [Situation] In the NW [North West] Corner of the County of Linlithgow A parish in the county of Linlithgow bounded by Carriden on the east, Linlithgow on the South Polmont on the west and the Firth of Forth on the north. It is about 4 miles in length and 2½ in breadth. The Surface declines gradually on the north towards the Forth and on the west to the river Avon. The soil is a deep loam well cultivated. There are several excellent Coal-pits within the parish ironstone also abounds and there are great beds of limestone but of bad quality. Quarries of freestone and whinstone are wrought here. This parish is in the presbytery of Linlithgow and Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale. Patron the Duke of Hamilton. Prior to the middle of the 17th century Kinniel was the name of the parish |
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Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county, OS Name Books - West Lothian county - Volume 14 - Parish of Borrowstouness, OS1/34/14
This volume contains information on place names found in the West Lothian parish of Borrowstouness.
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.