Durhamtown – Home of the Black Gold Rush.
Originally named “Durhamville” after the Land owner, Thomas Durham Weir, Durhamtown was the Birthplace of Modern Oil mining. Present on 19th Century maps as ‘Durhamtoun’, this lost village of West Lothian was probably it’s most significant. Although you’d hardly know it.
Westfield – From Bustling Industrial Town to a Tiny Village
On the far North West corner of west Lothian, you will find the village of Westfield. A tiny unassuming looking settlement. Westfield looks like the sort of place where nothing exiting has ever happened. Like somewhere that has always just been a tiny little dot on the map. But looks can be deceiving. Although the […]