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SLATER'S
WHITBURN
DIRECTORY
FIRE, &c. OFFICE AGENTS.
County (fire)— Robert Gardner, Whitburn
Edinburgh (life)— A. W. Bennett, Whitburn,
& David Maxwell, Fauldhouse
Insurance Co. of Scotland — A.W. Bennett,
Whitburn
Liverpool & London & Globe— David James
Mitchell, Whitburn
Norfolk (cai tie)— Robert Gardner, Whitburn
Scottish Equitable — William Thomson,
Whitburn— See advertisement
Scottish Provincial (life)— Robert Gardner,
Whitburn, & David Maxwell, Fauldhouse
FLESHERS.
Archer John, Fauldhouse
Brownlie James, Faulahouse
Hunter John, Whitburn & Blackburn
Lawson William, Whitburn
Livingston David, Whitburn
Meek Jane, Whitburn
Meek John, Fauldhouse
GROCERS & VICTUALLERS.
Marked thus * are also Spirit Dealers.
Brown Janet, Blackburn
♦Brown Helen, Fauldhouse
Brownlie James, Fauldhouse
Carlaw John, Blackburn
Crawford Alexander, Whitburn
♦Crawford Janet, Longridge
♦Crichton William, Fauldhouse
Crofthnad Co-operative Society, Limited,
Fauldhouse— James Williamson, sec
Crow John, Livingstono
♦Dick Murray, Fauldhouse
♦Findlay John, Fauldhouse
Forrest Alexander,
♦Forsyth W. & A. Blackburn
♦Gardner Robert, Whitburn
Gibson Margaret, Whitburn
Lawrie Elizabeth, Fauldhouse
Loch William, East Benhar
M'Pherson Daniel, Fauldhouse
♦Marshall William, Blackburn
Meikle Thomas, Lougridge
♦Murray Peter, Whitburn
Pollock Janet, Longridge
Russell Ann, Whitburn
Scott William, Fauldhouse
SomeriiUd Thomas, Fauldhouse
Thomson Robert, Longridge
♦Thornton James, Fauldhouse
Urquhart Alexander, Blackburn
Watt William, East Whitburn
INNKEEPERS & SPIRIT DEALERS.
{See also the preceding List.)
Anderson Henry (Whitburn Inn, & posting)
Whitburn
Beveridge William, Fauldhouse
Carlaw John, Blackburn
Crowe James (Livingstone Inn), Livingstone
Graham William, Fauldhouse
Hamilton William, Whitburn
Mungle John T. Fanldstone
Proud Peter, Blackburn
Steel William, Fauldhouse [ridge
Thomson Robert (Commercial Hotel), Long-
IRONMONGERS.
Forsyth W. & A. Blackburn
Loch Henry, Whitburn
Murray John, Fauldhouse
Pollock James, Whitburn
IRONSTONE MASTERS.
Coltness Iron Co. Hartbill— Robert Dewar»
manager
Dixon William, Limited, Benthead— Thomas
Nimmo, manager
JOINERS.
Marked thus * are also Builders.
* Allan Robert, Whitburn
*Crow .John. Livingstone
P.unlop James, Blackburn
Forsyth William, Blackburn
♦Loch Henry, Whitburn
Milne George, Whitburn
Murray John (cabinet maker), Fauldhouse
Steel Thomas, Fauldhouse
LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERS.
Crofthead Co-operative Society, Limited,
Fauldhouse
Flemineton James (& agent for J. Pullar &
Sons, dvers, Perth}, Whitburn
Forsyth W. & A. Blackburn
Gardner Robert, Whitburn
Loch William, East Benhar
Muir Thomas (& clothier), Fauldhouse
Mungle & Ritchie, Fnuldhouse
Nisbet Robert, Fanldlmuse
Prentice William, Fauldhouse
Reid Archibald, Longridge
Ritchie & Campbell, Fauldhouse
Thomson Robert, Longridge
MILLERS.
Dykes Walter, Red Mill, Whitburn [Mill
SteelJames & Son {& corn merchants), Falla
MILLINERS & DRESSMAKERS.
Graham Marion, Whitburn
Johnston Janet, Whitburn
Lawrie Mary, Fanldstone
Reid Archibald, Longridge
Ross Janet, Whitburn
Smith Agnes, Whitburn
Grant James & Son, tinsmiths, Fauldhouse
Hopefield Millboard Co. millboard manufac-
turers, Blackburn
Lawrie Janet, china dealer, Fauldhouse
M'Leod John, printer, Fauldhouse
Moffat James, fishmonger & confectioner,
Fauldhouse
Newlands George W. greengrocer, Fauldhouse
Paterson Alexander, china dealer, Whitburn
Pollock James, tinsmith & gasfitter & news-
agent, Whitburn
Reid J. & Co. saddlers, Whitburn
Thornton Thomas & James, lime burners,
Fauldhouse
PARAFFIN & MINERAL OIL MANU-
FACTURERS.
Bathgate Oil Company, Limited, Seafield
Works, Bathgate— William V. Turnbull,
manager; head office, Edinburgh
West Lothian Oil Company, Limited, Deans
Works & Brae Head, by Bathgate— John
Glen, manager; head office, Edinburgh
QUARRY MASTERS.
Smith James (leek stone), Blackburn
Turner William, Fauldhouse [burn
Wallace Richard & Sons (leek stone), Black-
SLATERS & PLASTERERS.
Calder James, Whitburn
Fcrdyce John B. Fauldhouse
LinnHenry, Whitburn
SPIRIT DEALERS.
See Innkeepers, d>c, also Grocers, d-c.
STONEMASONS & BUILDERS.
Dewar David, Fauldhouse
Russell John, Whitburn
Smith James, Blackburn
Wallace Richard, Livingstone
Wallace Richard & Sons, Blackburn
Wallace Thomas, Blackburn
Watt William, East Whitburn
SURGEON.
Clark ThomaB, m.d. Whitburn
TAILORS & CLOTHIERS.
Craig James, Whitburn
Flemington James, Whitburn
Gardner Robert, Whitburn
Kerr John, Whitburn
M'Kenzie Alexander, Whitburn
Martin Alexander, Fauldhouse
Reid Archibald, Longridge
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bennett A. W. clerk & treasurer to the School
Board, Whitburn
Forsyth W. & A. wholesale egg merchants &
seedsmen, Blackburn
Gibson Margaret, china dealer, Whitburn
Public Buildings, Offices, &c.
PLACES OF WORSHIP
and their ministers.
Established Churches:—
Whitburn — Rev. John Ireland
Fauldhouse— Rev. Gavin Crawford
Livingstone — Rev. Thomas Aiton
Blackburn (chapel of ease) — Rev. Thomas
Aiton
Free Churches : —
Whitburn— Rev. John M'Knight
Fauldhouse — Rev, Robert Kay
Livingstone— Rev. James A. K. Bain
United Presbyterian Church, Longridge
— Rev. James RoDaldson
Roman Catholic Chapel, Fauldhouse— Rev.
John Grogan
Cemetery, Whitburn— David James Mitchell,
clerk
Cemetery, Fauldhouse, David Maxwell, clerk
Gas Works, Whitburn — John Richmond,
manager ; David J. Mitchell, secretary
Local Anthority Office, Whitburn— David
James Mitchell, clerk
Parochial Board Office, Whitburn— David
James Mitchell, inspector of poor & col-
lector of rates for Whitburn parish
Parochial Board Office, Blackburn — Thomas
Wallace, inspector of poor & collector of
rates for Livingstone parish
Police Offices : — Blackburn — Alexander
Neil, officer; Crofthead, Fauldhouse — Wm.
Cameron, sergeant ; Whitburn — Donald
M'Lcod, sergeant
Public Coffee House & Reading Room, Whit-
burn — James Pender, manager
Public Hall, Blackburn— William Marshall,
secretary [keeper
Public Hall, Whitburn -James Johnston,
Recreation Reading & Coffee Rooms, Fauld-
house — Alexander Somerville, manager
Registrars of Births, Deaths, & Marriages :—
For Whitburn district, James Galloway;
for Fauldhouse district, David Maxwell ;
for Livingstone parish, William Conchie
Whitburn School Board— A. W. Bennett,
clerk & treasurer
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY,
on the morningside section of the
north british line.
Station, East Whitburn, about a mile from
Whitburn — Thomas Cornwall, station
master
Station, Bents— A- Tennant, station master
Station, CRoFTHEAD-James Gommel, station
master
ON THE EDINBURGH AND BATHGATE SECTION
OF THE NORTH BRITISH LINE.
Station, Livingstone, about a mile and a half
from the village — John Stevenson, station
master
ON THE CALEDONIAN LINE.
Station, Fauldhouse— George Muir, station
master
CARRIERS.
To EDINBURGH, by rail, Hngh Harper,
from Whitburn, on Tuesday
To GLASGOW, by rail, James Walker from
Whitburn, on Tuesday & Friday
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