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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LONGRIDGE STATION Longridge Station
Longridge Station
William Byer Well hill
James Brownlee Holehouse burn
012 [Situation] About 1ΒΌ miles N E [North East] by E [East] of the village of Greenburn
A house one storey high and slated in good repair, formerly used as a Station for Passengers; when the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (Wilsontown and Morningside Branch) ran Passenger Trains; now occupied by Workmen employed on the Railway; although now disused as a Station for Passengers, it still retains the name Longridge Station. the property of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company.
BREICH BRIDGE Briech Bridge
Briech Bridge
Briech Bridge
James Brownlee Holehouse burn
John Black Craighead
Forrest's Co. [Count] map
012 [Situation] About 15 Chains E N E [East North East] of Craighead
A large stone Bridge with 8 Arches, that spans the Briech Water, dividing the Counties of Linlithgow and Lanark. it is in very good repair, and on the road from Longridge to Wilsontown

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Parish of Whitburn -- Plan 12 No. 9 Trace 3

[note on page] The word Breich in this name Should be spelled as in Breich Water

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