INDEX. Abercorn, parish of, 18-castle and pro- Academy, Bathgate, 164 Breich water, 76, 116 Aebercurnig, ancient monastery of, 18-its Bridgeness point, 55-village, 72 history, 23 Airncoth hills, the, 55, 120 Agricultural Society, the Bathgate, 161 Antoninus' wall, see Roman wall Broxburn, village of, 87 Bruce, Rev. Archibald, 84 Burnfoot, birth-place of Colonel Gardiner at, 63 Cairn on Torphichen, remains found in, 50 Argadus, a British chief, tradition regard- | Canal, proposed from Bo'ness to Glasgow, ing, 55 Armadale, village of, 162 Auldcathie, annexed parish of, 90 Avenale, family of, 23 Avon water, 35, 36, 121, 170 Avonton house, 174 Baird, Principal, birth-place of, 131 Balbardie, loch at, 150 Barbachlaw water, 155 Bargeny, Lord, 62 148 Carriden, papish of, 54-burn, 57-house, Carse of Kinneil, the, 147 Castle Lyon, ruins of, 130 Barnbougle castle, ruins of, 95-its his Cattle, see Live-Stock tory, 96 Baron, Professor, 83 Bathgate, parish of, 149-town of, 161- Bedlormie house, ruins of, 50 Bell, Henry, inventor of the marine steam Binn's hill, 18-house, 26 171 Binny-craig hill, 170 Blackness, termination of the Roman Blackridge, village of, 52-church at, 53 Borrowstownness, parish of, 120-town of, Botany, 21, 38, 60, 94, 110, 116, 123, 157 LINLITHGOW. Chemical works in Carriden, 71 Church of Dalmeny, the, 101 Churches, Established, see Ecclesiastical Statistics-Dissenting, see Dissenters. Climate and Meteorology, 1, 19, 35, 56, Coal-field of Carriden, the, 58 Collieries in Abercorn, 20-in Bathgate, Cornieburn, the, 18, 19 Couston, mineral well at, 151 N Dalmeny, parish of, 90-house, park, and Harbour of Bo'ness, the, 140 grounds, 91, 95-village, 106 Dechmont law, 115 Hay, John, of Lochloy, 63 Henry, Dr, bequest by, 185 Hope, Admiral Sir George J., 64 113, 118, 135, 160 170 Inch Garvie, Island and fortifications of, Inns and alehouses, 16, 33, 75, 120, 167, Dissenters and Dissenting Chapels, 13, 30, Duddingstoun house, 27 Drumshorlan moor, 87 Dundas of Dundas, family of, 98-Sir Dundas castle, ruins of, 100-hill, 90 Ecclesmachan, parish of, 109 Erskine, Henry, 86 Ferry at Queensferry, history of the, 9 Fishing nets, manufactory of, 8 Foundery, Bo'ness, 137 Friendly Societies, 14, 53, 74, 120, 146, Fuel, prices, &c. of, 16, 33, 120, 168, 187 Glenforth Distillery Company, the, 16 Grahame or Grime's Dyke, origin of the name of, 67-see Roman wall Grange house, 68 Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, assassination of the Regent Murray by, 173-Rev. 187 Irongath hills, the, 55, 120 Kinneil, termination of the Roman wall at, Kippshill, mineral spring at, 36-house, Knolles, Sir William, 41 Lady's Scaup, the, a shallow in the Forth, 148 Landowners, 25, 46, 64, 85, 111, 117, Laughing hill, the, 129 Leases, duration, &c. of, 70, 118, 135, Lees, Sir John, Bart., 63 Limestone, remarkable, in Abercorn, 29, Linlithgowshire, general observations on, 189 Linnmill burn, the, 19-cascade on, 92 Pottery, Bo'ness, 137 Liston, Rev. Henry, 111 118, 179 Linlithgow, 170 Malcolm III., marriage of, 2 Maxwell of Middleton, 87 Melville, 'Andrew, imprisonment of, in Meteorology, see Climate Midhope burn, 19-house, remains of, 26 Mineralogy, see Geology Ministers of Abercorn from 1690, 25-of Monshill, 91 Mowbray, family of, 96 Preston island, 121 Priestinch hill, 18-bog, 19-coal mine at, Quarries, 29, 37, 52, 70, 81, 88, 118, 136, Queensferry, parish of, 1-town of, ib.-its Ramsay, Rev. Mr, burning of the cove- Registers of Queensferry, extracts from, 4 Rent, rates of, 51, 69, 105, 113, 118, 135, Riccarton, village of, 170 Roads, bridges, &c., 9, 30, 52, 72, 106, Roebuck, Dr John, projector of the Car- Roman remains found in Carriden, 68- Rope work, Bo'ness, 137 Muir, Samuel, 81 Muirhouses, village of, 72 St John, Knights of, 39-their Preceptory Murray, Patrick of Livingstone, 116 at Torphichen, 40 Murray, the Regent, assassination of, 172 Salt-works on Carriden, the, 71 New Year field, the, 117 Ochiltree mill, Roman camp at, 175 Ogilface castle, ruins of, 50 Palace of Linlithgow, the, 176 Panter, Secretary, imprisonment of, in Inch Garvie, 101 Parochial registers, 4, 25, 47, 64, 103, 111, 117, 127, 158, 174 Pauperism, see Poor Soap, manufactory of, in Queensferry, 8 Society, village of, 30 Sommerville, Dr James, 83 South Queensferry, see Queensferry Spring, mineral, in Torphichen, 36 Peanfahel, termination of the Roman wall, Stair, the Earl of, 174 at, 26 Phipstown, village of, 30 Plantations and planting, 22, 38, 106, 113, Poor, management of the, 14, 15, 33, 53, Porteous, Dr William, 82 Stewart of Craigie, family of, 95-Dugald, Stone coffins found in Bathgate, 157-in Templars, suppression of the, 40 |