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Oakbank – West Lothian’s Prosperous Company Village
Oakbank – A Prosperous Company Village Oakbank was constructed in 1864 to house the workers of the Shale boom in the surrounding area.. The largest of the lost villages, It reached a population of over 1,000, supported by 165 houses in 1917. It boasted an aerial ropeway that transported shale from the Dedridge mine and […]
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.
Gavieside – The Village That Vanished without a Trace
Gavieside – The Village That Vanished Without a Trace