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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIVINGSTON | Parish of Livingston Livingstone Livingstone Livingstone Livingstone Livingston Livingston Livingston |
Sheriff's List of Parishes New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] vol [volume]20 p [page] 1 Oliver & Boyd's Almk. [Almanack] Fullarton's Gazetteer Chalmer's Caledonia Johnston's Co. [County] map Forrest's Co. [County] map |
009 ; 010 ; 012 | [Situation] In the South Side of the Co. [County] Linlithgow A parish in the south-east division of the County of Linlithgow. It is in a general point of view a long narrow stripe stretching South-westward and north-eastward but has two expansions the one sudden narrow and tapering and the other more slow and less excursive. In extreme length it measures 6¼ miles for two miles from the south it has a mean breadth of less than a mile over the next mile of its length it so projects westward as to have a breadth of nearly 3 miles for a mile further it is narrow to about ¾ mile and over the rest of its length it has a mean breadth of about 2 miles. It is bounded on the north-west by the southern part of Ecclesmachan on the north-east by Uphall on the east and south east by Edinburghshire on the south-west by Whitburn and on the west by Bathgate. Almond Water for 1¾ miles runs along the south edge of its angular westerly projection and then runs 3½ miles north-eastward a mile of this distance across the interior and the rest of it along the south-eastern boundary. - Coal, ironstone, limestone, and freestone, abound. The principal village is Blackburn. [continued on page 4] |
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[Page] 3Parish of Livingston -- Sheet 9 No. 4
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