Brownhill Farm
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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 […]
The Mystery of Burnwind
If we take a look at an Old Parish map from 1855, just across the road from he Old halfway house to the West of Whitburn, we can see steadings named ‘Burnwind’. With the Turnpike Tollhouse on the Opposite side of the road alongside the Burnwind steading, its almost like a little hamlet on the […]
The Old Dumback Mill Upon the River Almond
The Dumback watermill was situated high upstream on the River Almond on the Polkemmet Estate, just west of Whitburn. The Dumback Mill Itself was One of the Furthest Upstream Mills on the Almond. The Old Dumback Mill If you’re ever visiting Polkemmet Country park on the far Western frontier of West Lothian. Just about a […]