Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHEPHERDSHILL | Shepherds Hill Shepherds Hill |
Mr John Reid Marybank Mr Grey Red Row |
011 | [Situation] About 5 Chains East of Fauldhouse Rows. This name applies to 3 Rows of Houses one storey high and slated, all in very good repair having neat gardens attached; these houses are situated on a little eminence and before the houses were built. the name Shepherds Hill was applied to the "Knowe" and it is now applied to the Houses: they are for the most part occupied by Miners: and there is a Grocers Shop in the row; the property generally of the occupiers, and feud from James Waddell Esq. Crofthead House |
| POST OFFICE [Fauldhouse] | Post Office | William Russell Fauldhouse William Elder Post Office |
011 | [Situation] About 17 Chains S.W. by W. [South-West by West] of Fauldhouse Rows. A small house one storey high and slated having a garden attached; used as the Post Office for Fauldhouse and district it is a private house; and the property of Mr Storry Burnhead. there is one delivery and one dispatch per day. the former at 2 p.m and the latter at 4.p.m. it is a branch office attached to Whitburn, and the Letters one delivered by a woman who walks daily from Whitburn to Fauldhouse and back. |
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Parish of Whitburn Sheet 11 No 12 Trace 6
[Note] This name to be written as one word being the usual & popular mode of Writing Such names.
Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county, OS Name Books - West Lothian county - Volume 66 - Parish of Whitburn, OS1/34/66
This volume contains information on place names found in the West Lothian parish of Whitburn.
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.