Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Whitburn

Whitburn, par. and vil. (police burgh) with ry. sta., Linlithgowshire - par., 9775 ac., pop. 6326; vil., on river Almond, 3½ miles SW. of Bathgate, pop. 1200; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. The par. abounds in coal and ironstone.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Whitburn ScoP       West Lothian ScoCnty
Place: Whitburn

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