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Abercorn, parish of, 18-castle and pro-
perty of, 23

Academy, Bathgate, 164

Breich water, 76, 116
Brickfield in Carriden, 71
Bridge castle, remains of, 50

Aebercurnig, ancient monastery of, 18-its Bridgeness point, 55-village, 72

history, 23

Airncoth hills, the, 55, 120

Agricultural Society, the Bathgate, 161
Agriculture and rural economy, 28, 51, 69,
81, 87, 105, 112, 118, 135, 159, 178
Almond water, the, 76, 90, 115, 150
Amondell house, 87

Antoninus' wall, see Roman wall
Antiquities, 6, 26, 47, 65, 81, 117, 127,
158, 174

Broxburn, village of, 87

Bruce, Rev. Archibald, 84
Buchan, the Earl of, 85
Bullion well, the, 110

Burnfoot, birth-place of Colonel Gardiner

at, 63

Cairn on Torphichen, remains found in, 50
Cairnapple or Cairnpapple hill, 35, 150
Calder, Henry, bequest by, 167
Camp, ancient, on Bowden hill, 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

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Carriden, papish of, 54-burn, 57-house,
60, 68-termination of the Roman wall
at, 65

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-
water, 155

Bedlormie house, ruins of, 50

Bell, Henry, inventor of the marine steam
engine, 46

Binn's hill, 18-house, 26
Binny, capture of Linlithgow castle by,

171

Binny-craig hill, 170
Blackburn, village of, 119

Blackness, termination of the Roman
wall at, 26, 65-burn, 19, 57-castle, 55
-its history, 60, 68-village of, 72-its
former importance, 73

Blackridge, village of, 52-church at, 53
Blair, Lord President, 174
Bo'ness, see Borrowstownness
Bonhard house, 68-village of, 75
Bonnar, Rev. John, 46

Borrowstownness, parish of, 120-town of,
134, 139-its rise, 139-manufactures,
trade, and shipping of, 136-its har-
bour, 140

Botany, 21, 38, 60, 94, 110, 116, 123, 157
Bowden hill, 35-ancient camp on, 50

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Chemical works in Carriden, 71

Church of Dalmeny, the, 101

Churches, Established, see Ecclesiastical

Statistics-Dissenting, see Dissenters.

Climate and Meteorology,
92, 110, 121, 170

1, 19, 35, 56,

Coal-field of Carriden, the, 58
Cockleburn, the, 92
Cockleroi hill, 35, 170
Coins, ancient, found in Bo'ness, 129-
in Carriden, 68-in Dalmeny, 103-in
Linlithgow, 175

Collieries in Abercorn, 20-in Bathgate,
151, 154-in Bo'ness, 123, 136-in
Carriden, 58, 70-in Torphichen, 37,
52-in Uphall, 88-in Whitburn, 76

Cornieburn, the, 18, 19

Couston, mineral well at, 151
Covenant, burning of the, in Linlithgow, 173
Craigie hill, 91-house, 94-family of, ib.
Crawhill house, 35
Crofthead ironstone, the, 76
Cross, ancient, remains of, 26
Cuffabouts, village of, 72

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Dalmeny, parish of, 90-house, park, and Harbour of Bo'ness, the, 140

grounds, 91, 95-village, 106
Dalyell, General, birth-place of, 24
Davidson, James, bequest by, 108
Davie, James, death of, 157
Dean burn, the, 122

Dechmont law, 115

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Hay, John, of Lochloy, 63
Henderson, John, 133

Henry, Dr, bequest by, 185
Hilderston hill, colliery at, 37
History, civil, 23, 38, 60, 81, 85, 110, 116,
127, 157

Hope, Admiral Sir George J., 64
Hope-Vere, family of, 95
Hopeton, General the Earl of, 2, 24
Hopeton house, 27-remarkable trees at,
22-Deer park, 21
Horticultural Society, the Bathgate, 161
Houston House, 86, 87
Humbie, quarry of, 91
Husbandry, system of, 28, 69, 81, 88, 105,

113, 118, 135, 160
Hydrography, 19, 36, 57, 110, 121, 150,

170

Inch Garvie, Island and fortifications of,
1, 101

Inns and alehouses, 16, 33, 75, 120, 167,

Dissenters and Dissenting Chapels, 13, 30,
74, 82, 87, 107, 112, 119, 145, 163
Distillery, Bo'ness, 137-Glenforth, 16
Douglas, Mrs, school endowed by, 185
Draining, 29, 87, 160, 178
Druidical circle in Torphichen, 49

Duddingstoun house, 27

Drumshorlan moor, 87

Dundas of Dundas, family of, 98-Sir
George, 41-John, of Philpstown, 24

Dundas castle, ruins of, 100-hill, 90
Ecclesiastical statistics, 13, 30, 52, 73, 81,
88, 107, 114, 119, 142, 162, 183

Ecclesmachan, parish of, 109
Edgar, port, origin of the name of, 2
Education, statistics of, 14, 32, 53, 74, 84,
89, 107, 114, 119, 147, 164, 185

Erskine, Henry, 86
Fairs and markets, 16, 167, 187
Fauldhouse, village of, 79

Ferry at Queensferry, history of the, 9
Fisheries, herring, &c. 7, 136-salmon, 7,
30, 71, 93

Fishing nets, manufactory of, 8
Fleming, Professor, birth-place of, 158
Forth, Firth of, 1-its depth, &c. at
Queensferry, ib. 19, 56, 57, 92, 121

Foundery, Bo'ness, 137

Friendly Societies, 14, 53, 74, 120, 146,
186

Fuel, prices, &c. of, 16, 33, 120, 168, 187
Gardiner, Colonel, birth-place of, 63
Geology and Mineralogy, 1, 19, 36, 57, 76,
90, 110, 116, 122, 151
George IV., sailing of, from Port Edgar, 2
Gibbison, Rev. John, 104
Gibbites, origin of the, 133
Gil burn, 122

Glenforth Distillery Company, the, 16
Glowr-owre-em hills, the, 55
Gordon, Rev. Charles, 104
Graeme, Sir John, 23

Grahame or Grime's Dyke, origin of the

name of, 67-see Roman wall

Grange house, 68
Grange Pans, village of, 71, 72
Greenridge colliery, 77

Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, assassination

of the Regent Murray by, 173-Rev.
Alexander, 104, 110-Lord Claud, oc-
cupation of Blackness castle by, 61-
Sir Gilbert, 130-Sir Thomas, 133-
William, of Bangour, 110

187

Irongath hills, the, 55, 120
Ironstone, beds of, in Bathgate, 153-in
Bo'ness, 136-in Whitburn, 78
Inveravon, ruins of tower at, 129
Jail, Queensferry, 15-Linlithgow, 186
Kid, Rev. Mr, 5

Kinneil, termination of the Roman wall at,
128-Carse of, 147, House, and its
history, 130-description of, 131-old
parish of, 120

Kippshill, mineral spring at, 36-house,
remains near, 49
Kirkhill house, 87
Kirkwood the grammarian, 174
Knights of St John, history of the, 39
Knightsridge hill, 115
Knock hill, 150

Knolles, Sir William, 41

Lady's Scaup, the, a shallow in the Forth,

148

Landowners, 25, 46, 64, 85, 111, 117,
135, 158, 174

Laughing hill, the, 129

Leases, duration, &c. of, 70, 118, 135,
160, 179

Lees, Sir John, Bart., 63
Libraries and literature, 14, 33, 53, 84,
147, 166

Limestone, remarkable, in Abercorn, 29,
-in Bathgate, 153-in Torphichen, 37
Lindsay, David, imprisonment of, in Black-
ness, 62-Sir Walter, 41
Linlithgow, parish of, 169-loch, 170-
town and castle, their history, 171, 181
-palace, description of, 176
Linlithgow bridge, village of, 180-battle
of, 172

Linlithgowshire, general observations on,

189

Linnmill burn, the, 19-cascade on, 92

Pottery, Bo'ness, 137

Liston, Rev. Henry, 111
Live-stock, breeds, &c. of, 51, 69, 88, 113, Preceptory of Torphichen, the, 40, 47

118, 179

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Linlithgow, 170

Malcolm III., marriage of, 2
Manufactures, 8, 52, 71, 161, 180
Margaret, Queen of Malcolm III., 2
Mary, Queen, birth-place of, 174
Mauke's hill, the, 118

Maxwell of Middleton, 87
Meek, Captain Henry, bequest by, 15,
108

Melville, 'Andrew, imprisonment of, in
Blackness, 61

Meteorology, see Climate
Middleton house, 87

Midhope burn, 19-house, remains of, 26
Mineral well in Linlithgow, 170

Mineralogy, see Geology

Ministers of Abercorn from 1690, 25-of
Bo'ness from 1694, 143-of Dalmeny,
from 1610, 104-of Queensferry from
1635, 13-of Uphall from the Reforma-
tion, 89

Monshill, 91

Mowbray, family of, 96

Preston island, 121

Priestinch hill, 18-bog, 19-coal mine at,

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Quarries, 29, 37, 52, 70, 81, 88, 118, 136,
153, 160, 179

Queensferry, parish of, 1-town of, ib.-its
early importance, 2-history, ib.-his-
tory of the Ferry, 9-piersand harbours,
11, 12

Ramsay, Rev. Mr, burning of the cove-
nant by, 173

Registers of Queensferry, extracts from, 4
Reiving crag, 150

Rent, rates of, 51, 69, 105, 113, 118, 135,
160

Riccarton, village of, 170
Rigg, William, imprisonment of, in Black-
ness castle, 62

Roads, bridges, &c., 9, 30, 52, 72, 106,
114, 162, 183

Roebuck, Dr John, projector of the Car-
ron Iron Works, 63

Roman remains found in Carriden, 68-
in Dalmeny, 103-in Linlithgow, 175-
Road, 102, 128, 174-Wall, the great,
26, 60, 65, 127

Rope work, Bo'ness, 137
Rosebery, Earl of, 1, 95-history of the
family of, 97

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

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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,
118, 179

Poor, management of the, 14, 15, 33, 53,
75, 89, 108, 115, 120, 146, 186
Population returns, 6, 28, 51, 69, 81, 87,
104, 112, 118, 134, 159, 177

Porteous, Dr William, 82
Potter, Rev. Michael, 133

Stewart of Craigie, family of, 95-Dugald,
residence of, in Bo'ness, 131-Walter,
157

Stone coffins found in Bathgate, 157-in
Bo'ness, 129-in Carriden, 68-in Dal-
meny, 102-in Torphichen, 50
Strathbrock, origin of the name of, 85-
history of, 86

Templars, suppression of the, 40
Tide, rise of the, at Queensferry, 1

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