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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITBURN | Parish of Whitburn Parish of Whitburn Whiteburn Whiteburn or Whitburn Whiteburn Whitburn Whitburn Whitburn |
Sheriffs List of parishes New Stat Acct [Statistical Account] Old Stat Acct [Statistical Account] Fullarton's Gazeteer Chalmer's Caledonia Johnston's Co. [County] map Oliver & Boyds Almk [Almanack] Forrest's Co. [County] map |
008 ; 009 ; 011 ; 012 | [Situation] In the S.W. [South West] Portion of the Co. [County] Linlithgow A parish occupying the south west corner of the Co. [County] Linlithgow. It is bounded on the north by Lanarkshire and Bathgate on the east by Livingstone, on the south by the south west projection of the Co. [County] Edinburgh and on the west by the Co. [County] Lanark. Its greatest length from east to west is about 6¼ miles its greatest breadth is a little upwards of 4 miles its mean breadth is nearly 3 miles and its superficial extent is about 18 square miles. From the west end where the parish is broadest and nearby along the middle extends 2½ miles in length and in some places upwards of a mile in breadth a high ridge of very deep barren moss. The surface elsewhere is proximately level and has been worked into a fine state of cultivation and sheltered by enclosures and a due proportion of woods. The soil is in general a clayey. A valuable bed of coal exists is the moorish or uplands district. Almond water drains the parish along the whole of the north partly in the interior and partly on the boundary and Briech Water afterwards a tributary of the Almond traces all the boundary line along the south. This parish is in the presbytery [continued on page 4] |
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[Page] 3Parish of Whitburn
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