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'''Borrowstoun''' is a village of [[West Lothian]] which has been swallowed up by its daughter village, so as to become barely a suburb of [[Bo'ness]]. | '''Borrowstoun''' is a village of [[West Lothian]] which has been swallowed up by its daughter village, so as to become barely a suburb of [[Bo'ness]]. | ||
Borrowstoun was | Borrowstoun was a village of longstanding, in the west of West Lothian, a little inland of the [[Firth of Forth]]. A port was established for the village on the firth, which for its position on a jut of land was named Borrowstounness: in the early eighteenth century the port was observed by Daniel Defoe as being but a single, straggling street along the shore, but this street grew and Borrowstounness became a burgh of barony in 1748, and while its size grew its name shrank, to [[Bo'ness]]. | ||
Borrowstoun itself remained inland, a tiny place despite the roaring commercial trade developing at its seaport. | Borrowstoun itself remained inland, a tiny place despite the roaring commercial trade developing at its seaport. | ||
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In 1868 the village was described: | In 1868 the village was described: | ||
{{quote|BORROWSTOWN, a village in the parish of Borrowstounness, in the county of Linlithgow, Scotland, 2 miles to the N. of Linlithgow. It is situated on the coast of the Frith of Forth, and is a station on the Monkland railway.|National Gazetteer, 1868<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/WLN/Boness/Gaz1868 Borrowstounness entries in | {{quote|BORROWSTOWN, a village in the parish of Borrowstounness, in the county of Linlithgow, Scotland, 2 miles to the N. of Linlithgow. It is situated on the coast of the Frith of Forth, and is a station on the Monkland railway.|National Gazetteer, 1868<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/WLN/Boness/Gaz1868 Borrowstounness entries in the National Gazetteer, 1868]</ref>}} | ||
==Outside links== | ==Outside links== | ||
* | *[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/87770 Borrowstoun] on ''Vision of Britain'' | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
Latest revision as of 23:01, 29 July 2015
| Borrowstoun | |
| West Lothian | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NT000801 |
| Location: | 56°0’14"N, 3°36’17"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | EH51 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Falkirk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Linlithgow and East Falkirk |
Borrowstoun is a village of West Lothian which has been swallowed up by its daughter village, so as to become barely a suburb of Bo'ness.
Borrowstoun was a village of longstanding, in the west of West Lothian, a little inland of the Firth of Forth. A port was established for the village on the firth, which for its position on a jut of land was named Borrowstounness: in the early eighteenth century the port was observed by Daniel Defoe as being but a single, straggling street along the shore, but this street grew and Borrowstounness became a burgh of barony in 1748, and while its size grew its name shrank, to Bo'ness.
Borrowstoun itself remained inland, a tiny place despite the roaring commercial trade developing at its seaport.
In 1868 the village was described:
BORROWSTOWN, a village in the parish of Borrowstounness, in the county of Linlithgow, Scotland, 2 miles to the N. of Linlithgow. It is situated on the coast of the Frith of Forth, and is a station on the Monkland railway.—National Gazetteer, 1868[1]
Outside links
- Borrowstoun on Vision of Britain