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West Lothian volume 62
| Page | List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks | Continued entries/extra info |
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| OS1/34/62/1 | [Page] 1 PARISH OF UPHALL SHEET 10. No. 2. 3. 5. 6 & 7 INDEX Uphall Ph. [ Parish] -- 3 Almond Bridge -- 11 Almondell -- 13 Bathgate Branch Railway -- 4 Breugh Burb -- 6 Broxburn Station -- 7 Bank Burn -- 11 Caw Burn -- 6 Clappertonhall --13 Drumshoreland Muir -- 7 Houston Station -- 5 Houston Wood -- 6 Mill houses -- 5 River Almond -- 8 & 14 Wallace's Stone -- 9 Erected in 1784 in Commeration of Sir W Wallace | |||||
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| OS1/34/62/3 | UPHALL | Uphall Parish | See Name Sheets for Sheet 6 No. 11 | |||
| OS1/34/62/3 | [Page] 3 Parish of Uphall Sheet 10 No. 2 | |||||
| OS1/34/62/4 | BATHGATE BRANCH RAILWAY | Bathgate Branch Railway | See Name Sheets for Sheet 6 No. 15 ph. [parish] of Kirkliston | |||
| OS1/34/62/4 | [Page 4] [Entry scored out] Beugh Burn | |||||
| OS1/34/62/5 | HOUSTON STATION | Houston Station Houston Station Houston Station Houston Station | Mr. Borthwick Station Master India Board Mr. McMillan Broxburn Station Bradshaws, Guide for July 1854 | 010 | [Situation] On Bathgate Branch Railway A small but neat Stone building, two stories high & Slated. It has a small booking office and one small waiting room. It is situated on the Bathgate Branch of the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway. It serves as a Station for Uphall & Midcalder. The Station Master Mr. Borthwick. | |
| OS1/34/62/5 | MILKHOUSES | Milkhouses Milkhouses Milkhouses | Thomas Paris occupier Mr. Borthwick Houston Station Forrests Co. [County] map | 010 | [Situation] About 33 chains south of Houston Station A small farm steading ½ a mile S. W. [South West] of Houston Station. The dwelling house is one Storey high & Slated. the outoffices are in good repair & has a thrashing & churning machine attached. there is a garden & about 110 acres of land in the farm. It is the property of Major Sharp Houston House. | |
| OS1/34/62/5 | [Page] 5 Ph. [Parish] of Uphall Sheet 10 No. 2 T. [Trace] 1 & 4 | |||||
| OS1/34/62/6 | BEUGH BURN | Beugh Burn | See Name Sheets for Sheet 6 No.14 parish of Uphall | |||
| OS1/34/62/6 | CAW BURN | Caw Burn | See Name Sheets for Sheet 6 No. 15 Parish of Kirkliston | |||
| OS1/34/62/6 | HOUSTON WOOD | Houston Wood | See Name Sheet for Sheet 10 No. 1 Parish of Uphall | |||
| OS1/34/62/6 | [Page] 6 Parish of Uphall Sheet 10 No. 2 Trace 1 | |||||
| OS1/34/62/7 | BROXBURN STATION | Broxburn Station Broxburn Station | Thomas Cunningham Farmer Lookaboutye James Wallace Wright Broxburn | 010 | [Situation] On the Bathgate Branch Railway A small house one storey high and in good repair with a garden attached. Matthew McMillan is the Stationmaster. The property of the Edinr. [Edinburgh] & Glasgow Railway Company. | |
| OS1/34/62/7 | DRUMSHORELAND MUIR | Drumshoreland Muir Drumshoreland Muir Drumshorlan Moor Drumshoreland Muir Drumshoreland Muir | Thomas Cunningham Farmer Lookaboutye James Wallace Wright Broxburn New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Mr. S. B. Hare Alexander H. Armour | 010 | [Situation] In the SE [South East] portion of Uphall Parish A large Mor partly covered with natural forest the surface of which is furze and full grown fir, ash, etc. The property of the Earl of Buchan and the Earl of Hopetoun. | |
| OS1/34/62/7 | [Page] 7 Parish of Uphall Sheet 10 Plan 3 Trace 1 [Note] "What is called Drumshorlan Moor Contains about 200 acres of uncultivated land of which the half is natural wood." New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] | |||||
| OS1/34/62/8 | River Almond | River Almond | See Name Bk. [Book] for 6 Inch Scale Plan 1C Co. [County] Edinburgh | |||
| OS1/34/62/8 | [Page] 8 Parish of Uphall Sheet 10 No. 3 | |||||
| OS1/34/62/9 | WALLACE'S STONE | Wallace's Stone | Thomas Cunningham Farmer Lookaboutye James Wallace Ulright & Broxburn | 010 | A large flat sandstone in the form of a giant stone and standing erect. It bears the following inscription. M. S. Gut, Wallas Oct. [October] 15 1786. It was erected in the middle of Drumshoreland Muir by the late Earl of Buchan, in memory of Sir William Wallace the Scottish Chief. It was removed from there to where it now stands by the present Earl. | |
| OS1/34/62/9 | [Page] 9 Parish of Uphall Sheet & Plan 3 Sheet 4 [Notes] In this arrangement - does the 1784 refer to Wallace or to the erection? Ams Not on Plans Ams would it not be better Wallaces Stone Erected in 1784 in commemoration of Sir W Wallace | |||||
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| OS1/34/62/11 | BANK BURN | Bank Burn | Mr. Thomas Thomson Mr. James Walker | 010 | [Situation] Forming part of the South boundary of the parish of Uphall. A Small Stream, formed by Surface and drain water, and flowing in a S. E. [South East] direction through Plantation falls into the River Almond as short distance S. [South] West from Clappertonhall. It forms the Boundary between the Counties of Edinburgh and Linlithgow. | |
| OS1/34/62/11 | ALMONDELL BRIDGE | Almondell Bridge | Mr. Thomas Thomson Mr. James Walker | 010 | [Situation] About 7 chains S. E. [South East] of Clappertonhall. A good Stone Bridge over the River Almond, on the Estate of Almondale. It is a private Bridge on the Carriage Road or drive leading from Mid Calder to Almondell, - a seat of the Earl of Buchan. | |
| OS1/34/62/11 | [Page] 11 Sheet 10 No. 7 Parish of Uphall | |||||
| OS1/34/62/12 | [Page] 12 Blank Page | |||||
| OS1/34/62/13 | ALMONDELL | Almondall Almondell Almondell Almondell Almondell Almondell | New. Stat. [Statistical]Acct. [Account] Thomas Cunningham Farmer Lookaboutye James Wallace Wright Forrests Co, [County] map Fullartons Gazetteer map of Co. [County] in New. Stat. [Statistical] Acct. [Account] | 010 | [Situation] About 10 chains N E by E [North East by East] of Clappertonhall A large mansion two stories with offices, all in good repair; there is a garden and a small demesne attached. The residence of the Earl of Buchan. | |
| OS1/34/62/13 | CLAPPERTONHALL | Clappertonhall Clappertonhall Clapertonhall | Thomas Cunningham Farmer Lookaboutye James Wallace Wright Broxburn Forrests Co. [County] Map | 010 | [Situation] In the extreme South corner of the parish of Uphall. A small farmhouse one storey high, with offices and thrashing machine, all in good repair; there are two gardens and a small arable farm attached tenanted by Andrew Thomson. The property of the Earl of Buchan. | |
| OS1/34/62/13 | [Page] 13 Parish of Uphall Sheet 10 Plan 7 Trace 1 | |||||
| OS1/34/62/14 | RIVER ALMOND | River Almond | See Name Books for 6 inch plans Co. [County] Edinburgh | |||
| OS1/34/62/14 | [Page] 14 Parish of Uphall Sheet 10 No. 7 [Signed] RD Kerr Capt RE [Captain Royal Engineers] 20 Dec. 1855 [Signed] James Carpenter C. Asst. [Civilian Assistant] 17th Nov. 1855. | |||||
| OS1/34/62/15 | [Page] 15 [Volume] 62 OS1/34/62 CO. [COUNTY] LINLITHGOW SHEET 10 No. 2, 3, 5, 6, & 7 Parish of UPHALL [Stamped] Ordnance Survey M.S. Store Southampton 20 May 95 [1895] | |||||