How Change on the Cult Estate led to the Discovery of Petroleum
On the land at the far West Point of West Lothian, almost at the border of West Lothian and Lanarkshire, you’ll find the site of the Old Cult Estate. Although damaged by fire, Cult House still proudly stands on the site, overlooking the old Glasgow to Edinburgh Turnpike Road. Later incorporated into expansion of the […]
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.