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Parish of Uphall
and of Ecclesmachan
"The old Church of Strathbroc
was dedicated to St. Nicholas
It Stood on the northern
Side of the village of Strathbroc
700 yards north-east from
the mansion-house of Kirkhill"


"There appears to have been of
old a chapel at Bangour
in this parish. This estate
was long the inheritance of
the Hamiltons and it was
dignified at length by the
birth of the elegant poet
Hamilton of Bangour"
Chalmer's Caledonia vol II [2]
pages 886 & 887

In the first part of the above
quoted passages you will find
mention of "St. Nicholas's Church"
and its site accurately pointed
out Also notice of the site
of the village of Strathbroc or
Strathbrocs which you are requested
to show on trace & write Description
Remarks. Next is noticed a site
of Chapel at Bangour. Also
Bangour appears to have been
the birthplace of the poet
Hamilton. Enquiry to be made
as to the house in which he
was born also as to the "site
of Chapel" Is then an old
mansion house at Bangour or the site of one?
Particular

[Column 2]

Linlithgow
22nd. Septr. 1855
The site of St. Nicholas's Church
as pointed out in the locality is
now shown on Trace
[Arrow from 700 Yards] This distance must be an approximation
and not exact Measurement


The Revd. [Reverend] John Smith, Ecclesmachan,
says that Chalmers must have made
a mistake in stating that there was
a Chapel at Bangour. There was
not a Chapel at Bangour, but
there was one at Binny: which,
probably Chalmers meant.

The site of St Nicholas's Church
as Shown on Trace is the place
where the Church is supposed to
have stood, so say the Minister
and Mr. I. Alexander, Broxburn-
The distance given by Chalmers
must have been approximate and
not measured.
The Village was not Called
Strathbrock, but Broxburn
There was not a chapel at
Bangour

Is supposed to have been Born
in the mansion of Bangour
the site of which I can show on [continued on page 24]