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1052 QUEENSFERRY.
Marshall Mina (Miss), shopkeeper
Marshall Robert, grocer & spirit dealer
Marshall William, carting contractor
Martin Robert, slater
Masonic Lodge (St. Margaret's No. 548)
(Esau Rat cliff, sec)
Maxwell James, schoolmaster, School house
Menzies John, coal merchant
Marker Andrew, fishmonger, High street
Morrison Jemima (Miss), spirit dlr. High st
Munro William, stationer, & post office
Muir Joseph, boot maker, High street
Newlands Caroline (Mrs.), refreshment rms
Northern Laundry Co. (branch), High st
Paris Jane (Miss), draper, High street
Public Baths
Rae Janet (.Mrs.), stationer & news agent
Ratclifi: Col.-Sergt. Esau, drill instructor 1
Company, 8th Vol. Batt. (Lothian Reg.)
Royal Scots, South Queensferry
Reid" Brothers, coal agents
Reid Annie (.Miss), fancy repository
R.eid George H. inspector of poor
Robertson John, coal dealer
Robertson Orphan Home (Miss Mary Chap-
man, matron)
Ronald A. E. (Mrs.), baker. West end
Rosebery Countess of Memorial Hall (Robt.
Wilson, custodian)
Royal Naval Sailors' Home (John Beever,
caretaker)
Ruthven Robert, saddler
Sandercombe George B. grocer
& spirit dealer
Sanderson George, accountant, Clydesdale
Bank Limited
Scott William, registrar of births, deaths
& marriages for" the burgh, Ochil view
•Sinclair John, confectioner
Sinclair Margaret (Miss), grocer
Skinner Jas.^ grocer & spirit dlr. High s(
Smith David, fruiterer, Williamson place
Smith Jane (Mrs.), fruiterer. High street
Stewart Daniel, spirit dealer (Stag P.H)
Stewart Daniel, tacksman of customs
Thomson Thomas E. baker
Tuck Benjamin, temperance hotel. High st
Turn bull Thos. hardware & furniture dealer
TJrquhart Daniel, blacksmith
Weir Archibald, tailor, West terrace
Wilson Janet (Miss), stationer
Wilson Matthew, carting contractor
Wilson Robert, bellman, sheriff's officer,
surveyor & sanitary inspector
Wright William, watch maker. High street
TORPHICHEN is a parish and village ;
ihe former, in the small debt court distrie'
of Linlithgow, is bounded north and east by
the parish of Linlithgow, south-east by
Bathgate, and west and couth by the county
of Stirling: the village lies 2 miles west
irom Westfield station on the Blackstone
â– and Bathgate branch of the North British
railway and on the road to Linlithgow,
from which town it is 4£ miles distant.
Adjacent to the village, on the north-east,
are some remains of the hospital or pre-
<*eptory of Torphichen, the principal house
in Scotland appertaining to the Knights of
St. John of Jerusalem. This place crive!
the title of baron to the Sandilands family;
Sir James Sandilands, the first peer (1564).
was prior or preceptor here of the Knights
of St. John. The parish church occupies
the site of the nave of the preceptory
church, and the ruins of the transept and a
portion of the choir also remains. There
is also a United Free church. The
.Memorial Hall, erected in 1897 by Mrs.
Fitzgerald, in memory of her husband,
C ipt. Gerald Fitzgerald, at a cost of about
£1,400, contains reading and coffee rooms.
3?he parish, although in some parts moor-
land, is generally fertile: coal and iron-
stone are found within it, and there is
•a paper mill. The Coltness Iron Co. the
trustees of Robert Young esq. Capt
Thomas Hope J. P. of Bridge Castle, and
William David Forbes esq. of Lothcote
House, are the principal landowners.
The area. o[ the parish comprises 9,93"
ocres; rateable value, £15,700: population
in 1891, 1,724, and in 1901, 3,225. of which
510 are in the village and 1,413 in the
â– ecclesiastical parish.
Rlackridee is a small hamlet in this
parish, and an acricultural district on the
'.Edinburgh and Glasgow road, $ of a mile
north-west from Westcraigs station on the
Edinburgh and Glasgow section of the
North British railway and 5^ west from
/Rathcrate. Several coal fields in the vicinity
afford employment to the inhabitants. The
population in 1901 was 707.
Westcraig is a small hamlet in this
parish, on the road from Bathgate to Air-
tfrie, with a station (locally in Lanark-
shire) on the Edinburgh and Glasgow sec-
tion of the North British railway.
LINLITHGOWSHIRE.
Westfield, now a hamlet in this parish,
is about 2 miles from Torphichen.
Post, M. O. & T. O., T. M. 0., S. B.,
P. P. & A. & I. 0. Torphichen; James
Roberts, sub-postmaster. Letters thro'
Bathgate. Deliveries, 9.25 a.m. & 6.25
p.m.; dispatches, 6.40 a.m. & 2.45 p.m
Post. M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. B. & A.
& I. 0. Blackridge (Sub-Office. Letters
should have S.O Linlithgowshire added) :
Isabella Storrie, postmistress. Delivery,
9.10 a.m.; dispatch. 3.30 & 4.45 p.m
Post & T. 0. Westfield (Railway Sub-
Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Lin-
lithgowshire added); Andrew Hay, sub-
postmaster. Deliveries, 8.34 a.m. & 7.9
p.m. ; dispatch, 5.30 p.m. Money orders
are issued & paid. Avonbridge is the
nearest money order office
Parish Council, William Bruce, clerk, regis-
trar of births, deaths &. marriages, inspec-
tor & poor & collector of rates & clerk to
cemetery â– 
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages
for Blackridge District, Richard Brown,
Blackridge
VOLUNTEERS.
Sbh Volunteer Battalion The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment) (C Company), Capt.
Alexander Simpson ; Surgeon-Capt. J.
Anderson M.B. medical officer
Established Church, Rev. George EealeM.A
United Free Churches: —
Torphichen, Rev. A. F. Murray
Blackridge. Rev. Andrew Brown
<chool Board. James Gardner, clerk
Board Schools: —
Torphichen, Andrew Allan, master
Hlackridge, Richard Brown, master
Woodend, James Deane, master
Railway Station, Westcraigs, William
Thomson, station master
Railway Station, Westfield, John Robert-
son, station master
County Police, Peter Forbes, constable
Torphichen.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Alexander William, Crawhill house
Beale Rev. George M.A. (Established),
The Manse
Forbes William David, Lochcote house
Gillon Henry J.P. Wallhouse
Hope Capt. Thomas J.P. Bridge castle
Maclagan Robert Creig J.P. Cattelaw
Murray Rev. Allan F., U. F. C. manse
Stewart Robert, Strath house
Stuart John William J.P. Brighouse
COMMERCIAL.
Aitken James, stone mason & builder
Bennett Peter, grocer & spirit dealer
Bruce William, registrar, inspector of poor &
collector of rates & clerk toParishCouncil
Cherry Thomas, dairyman
Cleland George, blacksmith
Forbes Peter, police constable
Hay Alexander, tailor
McNair & Co. grocers & spirit dealers
McNair James, jobmaster
McNair William Branks, slater & plasterer
Paton James, spirit dealer
Patterson James, joiner
Roberts James, joiner, & post office
Robertson Alex, horse & carriage owner
FARMERS.
Baird James & William, Bridge house
Baxter John, Woodbank
Boyd James, Stathavon
Coomhe James, West Gormyre & East
tiormyre
Ferrier William C. Birkenshaw
Greenshields Thomas, Drumbegg.Blackridge
Hodge George, Woodend
Johnson Henry, West Craigs
McDonald Robert, Craw hill
Morton William, Bedlornie mains
Nelson Joseph, Moss houses
N"isbet Gavin, Netherhill house
Nisbet James, Brunton
N"isbet Robert. Hilderston
Robb John, Over Hillhouse
Smith James, Woodside
\Vileon James, Muckraw
Wylie James, Blackridge
Wylie William F. Broompark
"Westfield.
Hunter Jane (Mrs.), dairy
Westfield Paper Co. Limited, paper manu-
facturers; TA "Westfield, Bathgate"
Young William, farmer
Blackridgre.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Brown Rev. Andrew, United Free Church
manse
Nimmo Adam, Bedlormie
[slater's
COMMERCIAL.
Brown Richard, registrar for births, deaths
& marriages for Blackridge district
Cochrane James, spirit dealer
Dividend Stores (The), provision merchants
(John Marshall, proprietor & manager)
Frizzle James, grocer & general dealer
Graham Thomas, boot & shoe maker
Kerneghan Mary (Mrs.), wine & spirit
merchant
Maxwell Ellen (Miss), draper
Robertson Archibald, blacksmith
Simpson John, joiner, builder. & cartwright
Storrie Isabella (Miss), grocer, & post off!
United Collieries Lim. coal masters
South Broadrigg Colliery, West Craigs stn
West Benhar Co-operative Stores Limited,
provision mers. (Thos. McCluny, sec)
UPHALL is a parish and village; the
former, in the small debt court district of
Linlithgow, is bounded by Kirkliston on the
north-east and east, by Mid-Calder on the
south, Livingstone on the west, and Lin-
lithgow and Ecclesmachan on the north.
It is intersected from west to east by the
road from Glasgow to Edinburgh, and is
watered by a rivulet called Broxburn; its
extent from north to south is 4 miles, with
a breadth of 3 miles. Besides the village
of Uphall, it contains the small town of
Broxburn. Uphall is 1 mile north of the
station of that name on the main line of
the North British railway, and 1 mile south
of Broxburn is Drumshoreland station, on
the same line ; the village is distant 11
miles west from Edinburgh and 5J north-
east from Bathgate. In the Buchan vault
of the parish church are buried the Hon.
Henry Erskine, 2nd son of the 10th Earl
of Buchan, lord advocate of Scotland, who
died 8 Oct. 1817, and his brother Thomas,
3rd son of the 10th Earl, Lord High
Chancellor of Great Britain, created
Baron Erskine, 1806, and died in 1823.
Shale, which is now so largely used in
the manufacture of paraffin oil, of which
there are three extensive works in
the locality, is found in abundance in the
neighbourhood, and is said to be of a very
rich quality; owing to this important indus-
try, there has been a great increase in the
population within the past few years; bone
manures are also manufactured in the parish.
The district abounds in coal, sandstone,
limestone and ironstone. In this parish is
Almondell House, a seat of the Earl of
Buchan, and now occupied by George
Kirkwood Johnston esq. Houston House,
the property of John Campbell Shairp esq.
J.P. is now the residence of Major Logan
Home. Middleton Hall and estate have
been bought by the Broxburn Oil Co.
Limited. The Earl of Buchan, the trustees
of the late Robert Bell esq. John Camp-
bell Shairp esq. J.P. and the Broxburn
Oil Co. Limited are the principal land-
owners. The area comprises 4.561 acres;
rateable value, £69,907; population in
1891, 8,653. in 1901 was 10,536, of which
1,840 are in the village.
Lower Uphall is a village ; the popu;a-
tion in 1901 was 1,144.
Post, T. & M. 0. 0., T. M. 0., S. B. & A.
& I. 0. (Sub-Office. Letters should have
S.O. Linlithgowshire added); William
L. Brown, sub-postmaster. Deliveries,
8.45 a.m. & 5 p.m. ; dispatches, 7.55
a.m. <& 12.45, 3.55 & 8.30 p.m
Post & M. 0. 0. & S. B. & A. & I. O. Up-
hall Station (Sub-Office. Letters should
have S.O. Linlithgowshire added); Jas.
Buick, sub-postmaster. Deliveries, 8.45
a.m. & 4.40 p.m.; dispatches, 8.19 a.m.
& 6 & 9 p.m. Uphall, 1 mile distant, is
the nearest telegraph office
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, Robert Has tie
Clerk, W. L. Brown
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
Robert R. Forrester
Inspector of Poor, W. L. Brown
Collector of Rates, G. S. Morrison
Police Station, Francis Robertson, constable
Public Hall, William Alexander, sec
8th Volunteer Battalion The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment) (E Company), Uphall,
John P. Cleghorne, captain & hon. major
Established Church. Rev. Wm. Johnston
United Free Church, Rev. Geo. Miller M.A
SCHOOL BOARD.
Chairman. David Rankine
Clerk, Robert C. Wilson
Schools: —
Craigbinning, Miss Craine, mistress
Uphall, John S. Calder, master
Uphall Station Infant School, Miss Einnear