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!
The Torbanehill Mains farm Just Outside Whitburn
The farm is situated to North of the town of Whitburn, to the far West of West Lothian. It sits on what was once the Estate Lands of Torbanehill House about 300 yards to the South East. The surrounding lands of Torbanehill mains contains pockets of undisturbed Rig n Furrow land from a pre-improvement Era. […]
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 […]
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 […]