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West Lothian volume 29
| Page | List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks | Continued entries/extra info |
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| OS1/34/29/1 | [Page] 1 PARISH OF ECCLESMACHAN (Detached} SHEET 5 No.15, & 16 SHEET 6 No.13 SHEET 9 No.3, & 4 SHEET 10 No.1 INDEX Names of Objects -- Pages Ecclesmachan (Detached) -- 3 BlacKcraig -- 5 Balgreen -- 7 Binny Cottage -- 10 Burnhouse -- 10 Bangour Knowes -- 12 Brox Burn -- 15 Law -- 8 Law Wood -- 8 West Bangour -- 12 | |||||
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| OS1/34/29/3 | ECCLESMACHAN (Detached) | Ecclesmachan (Detached) | See Name Sheets for Plans of Ph. [Parish] of Ecclesmachan | |||
| OS1/34/29/3 | [Page] 3 Parish of Ecclesmachan (Detached) [Note] Its Area about 1500 Acres & on Sheets 6.5.9.10. 1/2500 | |||||
| OS1/34/29/4 | [Page] 4 Sheet 5 No. 15 Blank Page | |||||
| OS1/34/29/5 | BLACKCRAIG | Blackcraig Blackcraig | Mr. Robertson Tenant Mr. William Nimmo Bankhead. Valn [Valuation] Roll of Co. [County] Forest's Co. [County] map | 005 | [situation] In the north Side of the parish of Ecclesmachan (Detached) and on the S. [South] side of the main road A good dwelling house one Storey high, and slated, with a court of farm offices, including a thrashing machine attached - also a large arable farm and in the occupation of Robert Robertson. The late proprietor of this farm is dead and it is not yet Known who is the present proprietor | |
| OS1/34/29/5 | [Page] 5 Ph. [Parish] of Ecclesmachan (Detached) Sheet 5 Plan 16 Trace 3 [Note] Bangour Knowes - pop [population] 12 | |||||
| OS1/34/29/6 | [Page] 6 Parish of Ecclesmachan (Detached) Sheet Plan Trace Blank Page | |||||
| OS1/34/29/7 | BALGREEN | Balgreen Balgreen Balgreen Balgreen | Mr. James Smith Farmer Law Mr. Gray Houston Mill Forrest's Co. [County] Map Valn [Valuation] Roll of Co.[County] | 006 | [situation] In the northern portion of Ecclesmachan (Detached) A row of cottage dwellings one storey high and Slated, and occupied by farm labourers - It is the property of Captain Warrender. | |
| OS1/34/29/7 | [Page] 7 Ecclesmachan Parish (Detd.) [Detached] Sheet 6 Plan 13 Trace 1 [Note] Brox Burn see page 15 omo [Ordnance Map Office] | |||||
| OS1/34/29/8 | LAW | Law Law Law Law | Mr. James Smith Farmer Law Mr. Thompson Uphall Forrest's Co. [County] Map Valn [Valuation] Roll of [County] | 006 | [situation] In the northern portion of Ecclesmachan (Detached) A farm dwelling house one storey high and thatched with a court of offices a thrashing Machine and an arable farm Containing about 120 Acres of land attached - the steading is old, thatched and of an inferior kind, it is the property of Captain Warrender, and tenanted by James Smith. | |
| OS1/34/29/8 | LAW WOOD | Law Wood Law Wood | Mr. James Smith Farmer Law Mr. Thompson Uphall | 006 | [situation] At the South & West Side of Law, farm house A plantation of fir and forest trees immediately west of Law farm - and the property of Captain Warrender | |
| OS1/34/29/8 | [Page] 8 Ecclesmachan Ph. [Parish] (Detached) Sheet 6 Plan 13 Trace 1 | |||||
| OS1/34/29/9 | EAST BANGOUR | East Bangour East Bangour Bangour Bangour Easter | James Inglis Farmer E [East] Bangour Mr. William Gray Houston Mill Forrest's Co. [County] Map Valn [Valuation] Roll of [County] | 006 | [situation] In the eastern portion of Ecclesmachan (Detached) A good farm house one Storey high in good repair & Slated, with a court of farm offices a thrashing Machine and a large arable farm attached - It is the property of Captain Warrender and tenanted by James Inglis | |
| OS1/34/29/9 | [Page] 9 Ph. [Parish] of Ecclesmachan (Detached) Sheet 6 Plan 13 Trace 5 | |||||
| OS1/34/29/10 | BINNY COTTAGE | Binny Cottage Binny Cottage | Mr. Smith Law Mr. Gray Houston Mill | 006 | [situation] In the Northern portion of Ecclesmachan (Detached) A large and commodious dwelling house two Storeys high and Slated with a garden attached. It is the property of Capt [Captain] Warrender and is at present unoccupied. | |
| OS1/34/29/10 | BURNHOUSE | Burnhouse Burnhouse Burnhouse | Mr. Wallace Farmer Burnhouse Mr. William Gray Houston Mill Forrest's Co. [County] Map | 006 | [situation] In the S. [South] eastern portion of Ecclesmachan (Detached) A good dwelling house one Storey high, in good repair and slated, with a court of farm offices, a Thrashing machine, a garden and a large arable farm attached - it is the property of Captain Warrender. | |
| OS1/34/29/10 | [Page] 10 Ph. [Parish] of Ecclesmachan (Detached) Sheet 6 Plan 13 Trace 4 [Note] Binny Burn See N. [Name] Sheet for Ph [Parish Uphall 6/13 [Sheet 6/Plan 13] omo [Ordnance Map Office] | |||||
| OS1/34/29/11 | [Page] 11 Sheet 9 No. 3 Blank Page | |||||
| OS1/34/29/12 | WEST BANGOUR | West Bangour West Bangour Bangour Bangour | Mr. Glen Tenant Thomas Wylie Dechmont Ho. [House] Forrest's Co. [County] Map Valn. [Valuation] Roll of Co. [County] | 009 | [situation] In the South Side of the parish of Ecclesmachan (Detached) This is a very large farm steading with dwelling house of two storeys and garden, occupied by Mr. Glen, farmer - the proprietor being Mr. Mitchell Innes of Ingliston. | |
| OS1/34/29/12 | BANGOUR KNOWES | Bangour Knowes Bangour Knowes | Mr. Glen W [West] Bangour Thomas Wylie Dechmont Ho. [House] | 005 ; 009 | [situation] In the South Side of the parish of Ecclesmachan (Detached) This piece of land is part of the farm of West Bangour is covered with rough pasture and furze with projecting rocks in many places - On its highest point is a Trig [Trigonometrical] Station called Bangour Knowe. | |
| OS1/34/29/12 | [Page] 12 Parish of Ecclesmachan (Det) [Detached] Sheet 9 Plan 4 Trace 3 | |||||
| OS1/34/29/13 | SITE OF BANGOUR HOUSE | Site of Bangour House | Mr. J. Glen W [West] Bangour Mr. Enoch Glen W [West] Bangour Revd [Reverend] John Smith Ecclesmachan | 009 | This is the Site of the ancient House of Bangour for many Centuries the Residence of the Hamiltons of Bangour, and said to be the birthplace of The Poet Hamilton - one of the Same family. - The Site is surrounded by several large trees marking, as is supposed, the Extent of the Garden attached to the Mansion House. The Site can only be traced by some slight elevations in the Surface as of foundations of Walls; and was pointed out to me by the present Occupiers of the Farm, of West Bangour, on which it is situated; They have Occupied the Farm for nearly 40 years. They are I. & E. Glen - Brothers. This was Confirmed by the Revd [Reverend] John Smith of Ecclesmachan and agreed to. Turn Over [continued on page 14] | |
| OS1/34/29/13 | [Page] 13 Parish of Ecclesmachan (Detached) Sheet 9 No. 4 [Note] Examination Trace 3 for Sheet 9 Plan 4 OMO [Ordnance Map Office] | |||||
| OS1/34/29/14 | [Page] 14 [Site of Bangour House - continued from page 13] The estate of Bangour gave designation to William Hamilton Esq a celebrated Scottish poet in the early part of the last century. He was descended from one of the ancient families of the name of Hamilton once numerous on the County of Linlithgow but whether he was born in this parish or indeed resided in it the writer has not ascertained. In his youth he distinguished himself by numerous songs and among these, "the Braes of Yarrow", published in the "Tea Table Miscellany", He is said to have been a man of elegant accomplishments and of amicable manners. His Poems are thus characterized by no mean judge the late Lord Woodhouselee: Hamilton's mind is pictured in his verses. They are the easy and careless effusions of and elegant fancy and a chastened taste and the sentiments the Country are the genuine feelings of a tender and susceptible heart which perpetually owned the dominion of some favourite mistress but whose passion generally evaporated in Song and made no serious or permanent impression. Having entertained Jacobite predilections he was engaged in the Rebellion in 1745 but after a few years of exile contrived to make his peace with the government and returned home. In 1754 he died at Lyons in the fiftieth year of his leaving behind him some unpublished pieces a volume of poetry which has been repeatedly inserted in Collections of the British Poets. His patrimonial estate is now in the possession of his great - grandson James Hamilton Esqr of Bangour and Ninewar in East Lothian". New Stat Acct. [Statistical Account] of Co. [County] Linlithgow P. 110 & 111. | |||||
| OS1/34/29/15 | BROX BURN | Brox Burn | See Name Sheets for Sheet 6 No.15 parish of KirKliston | |||
| OS1/34/29/15 | [Page] 15 Parish of Ecclesmachan (Detached) Sheet 10 No.1 [signed] RD Kerr Capt RE [Captain Royal Engineers] 1st. January 1856 [signed] James Carpenter C. Asst. [Civilian Assistant] 10th July 1855 | |||||
| OS1/34/29/16 | [Page] 16 [Volume] 29 OS1/34/29 Co. [County] LINLITHGOW SHEET 5 No. 15. & 16. SHEET 6 No.15 SHEET 9 No.3, & 4. SHEET 10 No.1. PARISH of ECCLESMACHAN (Detached) [stamped] Ordnance Survey M.S. Store Southampton 20 May 95 [1895] | |||||