A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Boghead, an estate, with a mansion, in Bathgate parish, Linlithgowshire, 1¼ mile SW of Bathgate town. The estate furnished the specimens of bituminous shale, the testing of which, about 1850, led to the establishment of the extensive neighbouring works for the manufacture of paraffin and paraffin oil. The mansion was the seat of the late Rt. S. Weir-Durham, Esq. (1833-79), owner of 684 acres, valued at £793 per annum. Little Boghead hamlet adjoins the Bathgate and Morningside railway in the south-western vicinity of Bathgate.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "an estate, with a mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels") |
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