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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| LIVINGSTON | Parish of Livingston Livingstone Livingstone Livingstone Livingstone Livingston Livingston Livingston |
Sheriff's List of Parishes New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] vol [volume]20 p [page] 1 Oliver & Boyd's Almk. [Almanack] Fullarton's Gazetteer Chalmer's Caledonia Johnston's Co. [County] map Forrest's Co. [County] map |
009 ; 010 ; 012 | [Situation] In the South Side of the Co. [County] Linlithgow A parish in the south-east division of the County of Linlithgow. It is in a general point of view a long narrow stripe stretching South-westward and north-eastward but has two expansions the one sudden narrow and tapering and the other more slow and less excursive. In extreme length it measures 6¼ miles for two miles from the south it has a mean breadth of less than a mile over the next mile of its length it so projects westward as to have a breadth of nearly 3 miles for a mile further it is narrow to about ¾ mile and over the rest of its length it has a mean breadth of about 2 miles. It is bounded on the north-west by the southern part of Ecclesmachan on the north-east by Uphall on the east and south east by Edinburghshire on the south-west by Whitburn and on the west by Bathgate. Almond Water for 1¾ miles runs along the south edge of its angular westerly projection and then runs 3½ miles north-eastward a mile of this distance across the interior and the rest of it along the south-eastern boundary. - Coal, ironstone, limestone, and freestone, abound. The principal village is Blackburn. [continued on page 4] |
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Parish of Livingston -- Sheet 9 No. 4
Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county, OS Name Books - West Lothian county - Volume 49 - Parish of Livingston, OS1/34/49
This volume contains information on place names found in the West Lothian parish of Livingston.
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.