Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Livingstone

Livingstone, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Linlithgowshire - par., 5362 ac., pop. 1434; vil., on river Almond, 1½ mile SE. of its ry. sta., which is 3 miles E. of Bathgate; P.O.; has oilworks; to the E. of the vil. stood an old peel-tower which was garrisoned by Edward I.; the district gave the title of baron to the Livingstones, Earls of Linlithgow.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Livingston ScoP       West Lothian ScoCnty
Place: Livingston

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