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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| BATHGATE (parish of) | Ph. [Parish] of Bathgate Ph. [Parish] of Bathgate Ph. [Parish] of Bathgate Ph. [Parish] of Bathgate Ph. [Parish] of Bathgate Ph. [Parish] of Bathgate Ph. [Parish] of Bathgate Ph. [Parish] of Bathgate |
Sheriffs List of Parishes New Stat. Acct [Statistical Account] Johnston's Co. [County] Map Fullerton's Co. [County] Map Fullerton's Gazetteer Chalmer's Caledonia Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Oliver & Boyd's Almk. [Almanack] |
005 ; 008 ; 009 | [situation] In the Southern portion of the County of Linlithgow A parish in the county of Linlithgow bounded on the north by the parishes of Torphichen and Linlithgow on the east by Ecclesmachan Uphall and Livingston on the South by Livingston and Whitburn on the West by Torphichen and Shotts. It is about 7½ miles in length from east to west and two in average breadth and has a superficial area of 11.214 English acres. It is intersected by one of the great roads leading from Edinburgh to Glasgow. A considerable portion of the south-east south and west of the parish is almost a level but towards the north-east it becomes hilly. The soil is exceedingly variable some very good some very indifferent and intermixed with patches of moss & moor. Ironstone has been found within this parish but not much wrought freestone, coals, and limestone are found in great abundance some mines of silver in the hills to the north of Bathgate town were formerly wrought by Germans but the vein has long been lost. This parish is ancient in ancient times was a distinct Sheriffdom. This parish anciently vicarage is in the presbytery of Linlithgow and Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale. Patron the Earl of Hopeton. The town of Bathgate is pleasantly situated near the centre of the parish on the middle [continued over on page 4] |
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[Page] 3Parish of Bathgate
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