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</table>Owainhttps://wikishire.co.uk/w/index.php?title=West_Linton&diff=3559&oldid=prevRB: Created page with ':''Not to be confused with Westlinton in Cumberland'' {{Infobox town |name=West Linton |county=Peeblesshire |picture=West Linton Church.JPG |picture caption=Parish churc…'2011-06-21T16:58:08Z<p>Created page with ':''Not to be confused with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Westlinton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Westlinton (page does not exist)">Westlinton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cumberland" title="Cumberland">Cumberland</a>'' {{Infobox town |name=West Linton |county=Peeblesshire |picture=West Linton Church.JPG |picture caption=Parish churc…'</p>
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{{Infobox town<br />
|name=West Linton<br />
|county=Peeblesshire<br />
|picture=West Linton Church.JPG<br />
|picture caption=Parish church, West Linton<br />
|population=<br />
|os grid ref=NT149518<br />
|longitude=55.752449<br />
|latitude=-3.356019<br />
|post town=West Linton<br />
|postcode=EH46<br />
|dialling code=01968<br />
|LG district=Scottish Borders<br />
|constituency=Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale<br />
}}<br />
'''West Linton''' is a village in [[Peeblesshire]]. Many residents are commuters due to the village's close location to [[Edinburgh]] which is 16 miles to the north east. It is a small village of family homes.<br />
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==The Whipman==<br />
The Whipman is an annual summer festival held in the village, and is one of the oldest festivals in the Middle Shires. The festival commences on the Friday before the first Saturday in June, and runs until the following Saturday. The Whipman Play Society was formed in 1803 by local young men to alleviate hardship and illness for its members and in the community at large<ref>Clark, Robin. "The Whipman Play: A Short History", 1985. In the official programme of the Whipman Play Society</ref> 42 years before the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1845<ref>{{cite web |title=Scotland in the nineteenth century an analytical bibliography of material relating to Scotland in parliamentary papers, 1800-1900 Section 14.4: Poor law|url=http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/haynin/haynin1404.htm |publisher=The Glasgow Digital Library, Centre for Digital Library Research in the University of Strathclyde. |accessdate=2008-01-04}}</ref><br />
and possibly before the first insurance company in Scotland.<br />
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A local man is elected to the office of "Whipman" and he chooses a young lady to be his "Lass". These two represent the village at other Borders festivals throughout their year in office. The celebrations begin with the Installation of the Whipman & Lass, followed by a celebratory ceilidh. The following day, the Ride Out (of around 80 to 100 horses) introduces the Whipman to the area, and a full week of events culminates in the annual sports day, held on the village green.<br />
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==References==<br />
[[File:Shop in West Linton - geograph.org.uk - 16682.jpg|right|200px|Shopping in West Linton]]<br />
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==Outside links==<br />
*[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/277355/digital_images/west+linton+talla+observatory/ CANMORE/RCAHMS record for West Linton, Talla Observatory]<br />
*[http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/?current_set=1&p_name=WEST+LINTON&p_type=POPULATED_PLACE&cache_name=111populatedplacewestlinton6533&per_page=20&id%5B%5D=6533&per_page=50&p_filter=&new_p_filter=RCAHMS record for West Linton]<br />
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*[http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-186-412-C SCRAN File: Former bakery, West Linton]<br />
*[http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/LCA/glasgow/EVOLUTIONOFTHELANDSCAPE.pdf Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH): Evolution of the landscape around Biggar, Carnwath and West Linton]<br />
*[http://www.standrews-westlinton.org.uk/ St. Andrew's Church, West Linton]<br />
*[http://www.west-linton.org.uk West Linton] community web site<br />
*[http://www.whipman.com Whipman] - official web site]<br />
*[http://www.returntotheridings.co.uk/west-linton.html Return to the Ridings]<br />
*(http://www.westlintonlions.co.uk West Lintons Rugby Club] (for primary school children)</div>RB