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 […]
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 […]
Bells Town – Medieval Village to Bovine Bistro
When we look at Old maps from a few hundred years ago, we often see places marked upon it that still exist today as farms. Some of the modern towns we now know were marked as around the same size or in many cases, didnt exist at all at this time. But some of these […]
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 […]