OS1/34/58/4

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Binny Quarry Binny Quarry (Sandstone)
Binny Quarry (Sandstone)
Binny Quarry (Sandstone)
Revd [Reverend] George Boag Uphall
Revd [Reverend] John Smith Ecclesmachan
Mr W. Arbuckle Wyndford
006 An Excellent Sandstone Quarry at the N.W. [North West] angle of the Parish of Uphall and a short distance south from the Village of Ecclesmachan. The stone is considered of a Very Superior quality for Building purposes &c it is a fine sandstone, and Known in the "market" and among Builders, as "Binny Quarry Stone". It has not been worked for the last few years: the working being Considered expensive, in Consequence of the depth of the stone beneath the surface. The last occupier was Mr Duncan; the Earl of Buchan is the proprietor. There is another extensive Quarry of the same Quality stone, a short distance to the West of this, in Linlithgow Parish, which is also Called Binny Quarry. They are not distinguished by any prefix or otherwise, one from the other.

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 4
Sheet 6 No. 9 Trace 6 -- Parish of Uphall

  Transcribers who have contributed to this page.

Bizzy- Moderator, AndreaMassey

  Location information for this page.