Torbane Farm Over the Brae
Torbane farm Torbane Farm The History of Torbane Farm What do you Know? Do you know something about Torbane Farm that we havent covered? Perhaps you have some Interesting Information? Or perhaps you have personal experience and memories to share? If so, We’d love to know. Let us Know!
Turnhigh – The Farm that was Buried in Bing
Turnhigh Farm, Whitburn, West Lothian, EH47 Turnhigh Farm was am ancient Farmstead that was situated Just to the South, South-West of Whitburn. Throughout the ages, the farm withstood raids from Royalist Troops on Its covenanter residents. The Agricultural revolution of the 18th century and the Lowland clearances that followed it. Even when up to its […]
The Highland and Lowland Clearances – Which Impacted more
So, most of us are well aware of the Highland Clearances. A dispersing of the Scottish Highland Clans with the eviction and evacuation of hundreds of the Glens that were their homes. These 19th century clearances left the highlands a vast unpopulated land mass. However, It’s far less often, if ever, that we her about […]
The Hilderston Silver Mine
High in the Bathgate Hills, right below the Hill of cairnpapple lies the old Hilderston Silver Mine that Once belonged to James the Sixth of Scotland and produced the silver that is in the Scottish Crown. But quickly became the Royal Embarrassment. The Hilderston Silver Mine The mine was established here in 1607 when a […]
The Hidden History of Bridgend – The Village born of Shale
If you wander just a few miles east of Linlithgow, you’ll find the village of Bridgend. While it appears as a quiet, modern residential settlement today, the ground beneath your feet tells a much louder story. This was once a frontier of the 19th-century industrial expansion, a place where the landscape was carved and reshaped […]
Woodmuir & Blinkbonny
South Cobbinshaw – West Lothians Lost Shale Village
Deep in the rural moorlands of West Lothian, Scotland, lies the ghost of a once-bustling industrial community. If you visit the peaceful shores of Cobbinshaw Reservoir today, you will find scenic landscapes, quiet waters, and nature reclaiming the earth. However, beneath the heather and rough moorland grazing lies the fascinating history of the lost village […]
Dedridge Rows
Burngrange
The village of Burngrange on the South East side of West Lothian was One of the areas many ‘Ghost Villages’. ‘Lost Villages’ that sprang up in the Nineteenth century but are long gone now. Sadly, the Village of Burngrange is probably best known for its mining disaster. The Burngrange mining disaster happened on the 6th […]
The Lost Village Cappers
So, today, were going to be talking about a place that Literally just vanished from the map. This is the story of Cappers, a village that was built by Industry then almost just as fast,, was completely erased by time. It is a real ghost community. But it has such a powerful story to tell […]