The Old Righouse Farm to the West of Whitburn
If you look at the streets in the Heartlands housing estate on Whitburn’s West side, you will see a street named ‘Righouse avenue’. As like most of the streets in this modern housing estate, it takes its name from One of the areas Old farms. Only, with this One, It’s not just the name of […]
The History of Moss-Side Farm in West Lothian Uncovered
Moss-Side farm in West Lothian Moss-Side
Gateside Farm to the West Side of Whitburn
Once a rural farm settlement, distinct from the town, Gateside has long since been swallowed up by the ever growing town of Whitburn. Gateside The Old farm and rural steadings of Gateside was once an Independent settlement that was situated about Half a mile from Whitburn Cross. About 200 yards West from where the town […]
Mid Seat Cottage and Railway Station
Mid Seat Cottage is a rural settlement that Is situated in West Lothian. This is deep In the central belt of the Scottish Lowlands that lies between the towns of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Mid Seat Cottage Mid Seat Cottage sits quietly in its wooden forest garden in the rural Countryside of the Black West. A […]
Murrayfield Farm
Murrayfield farm is an ancient farm steading in West Lothian, in the central belt of Scotland. Murrayfield Farm The Old Murrayfield Farm is an ancient farm settlement that is situated to the East side of the west Lothian in the Scottish lowland, central Belt near Broxburn
The Torbanehill Mains farm Just Outside Whitburn
The farm is situated to North of the town of Whitburn, to the far West of West Lothian. It sits on what was once the Estate Lands of Torbanehill House about 300 yards to the South East. The surrounding lands of Torbanehill mains contains pockets of undisturbed Rig n Furrow land from a pre-improvement Era. […]
Blaeberry Hill Farm on the Edge of Whitburn
Originally called Blackberry hill, the Blaeberryhill farm stood about a mile to the South-East of Whitburn. Its farmhouse still exists and sits on the towns South-Easterly edge as part of the ‘Glen almond’ hosing project. Blaeberry Hill Farm In this 1855 parish map below, we can see that the Blaeberryhill Farm on Whitburn‘s South-Easterly peripheral […]
Mosshall Farm near the Red Mill on the Almond
Mosshall farm is situated just outside of the village of Blackburn to the West near the Village of Redmill. Today, the Mosshall estate is home to a static caravan site. But, as we can see from the Old Maps like this 1655 Parish map below, Mosshall has been around for a long time. It features […]
The Murraysgate Dairy Farm at Polkemmet
Murraysgate Dairy farm was once situated at the west end of Whitburn, west Lothian. It was run by a family called the Fosters and was well known and remembered by many for supplying Whitburn and Surrounding areas with milk all year round. Once an Independent settlement, murraysgate has long since been Incorporated Into Whitburn’s West […]
Niddry Farm
If you walk along the Union Canal from Uphall along to Linlithgow, you will pass by Niddry Castle. A Tall tower keep castle that sits like a needle on the landscape. However, on the other side of the canal, you will see Niddry farm. Niddry Farm by the Union canal