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Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county, OS Name Books - West Lothian county - Volume 38 - Parish of Linlithgow, OS1/34/38

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" The royal Palace Stands on a little hill plain on the top which advanceth almost into the middle of the lake and looks liKe an amphitheatre having a descent on the three Sides and liKe tarrace WalKs upon the west side. the Palace is magnificently built of fine polished stone it was begun by the former Kings and King James V added to it the chapel and the porch King James VI Compleated the court by adding to it the fine new buildings toward the north.
The Palace consists of four towers between which the Court and the Chapel and the rest of the buildings are extended in the inner Court there is a fountain well adorned with Several Statues and Waterworks Curiously wrought which when they go raise the water to a Considerable hight."
Sibbald's Hist. [History] of Co. [County] Linlithgow

Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county, OS Name Books - West Lothian county - Volume 38 - Parish of Linlithgow, OS1/34/38

This volume contains information on place names found in the West Lothian parish of Linlithgow.

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.

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