Dechmont Scottish Gaelic Gaelic Deagh Mhonadh is a small village located near Uphall, West Lothian in Scotland . Bangour Village Hospital is located to the west of Dechmont. It has an approximate population of 989 people. Its postal code is EH52. There was said to be an close encounter alien encounter in 1979 in the nearby Dechmont Law Dechmont Woods . ref http www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk ufo s dechmont.html Livingston Incident ref References references http www.armadale.org.uk dechmontlaw.htm Dechmont Law http www.postcode info.co.uk dechmont info 58419.html http www.wlcsurestart.org.uk dechmont.htm coord 55 55 16.91 N 3 32 11.95 W region GB display title Category Villages in West Lothian WestLothian geo stub Dechmont can be seen on Roys Military Map 1747 1755 however the spelling of the village is Dightmont. gd Deagh Mhonadh ... more details
Disambiguation the name Dechmont, and an associated Dechmont Hill are also places near Cambuslang in Scotland Infobox mountain name Dechmont Law & Deer Hill photo Dechmont Law.jpg photo caption elevation m 217 elevation ref prominence listing none location West Lothian , Scotland range coordinates grid ref UK NT033697 topo Ordnance Survey OS Landranger 65 Dechmont Law is a hill in Livingston, Scotland Livingston , West Lothian , Scotland . It lies around 700 yards south west of the village of Dechmont, where it derives its name. It is known locally as Decky Hill although these names are of far more recent provenance. It has also been known as Dechmont Hill Law is Scots language Lowland Scots for hill . Deer Hill is another peak of the same hill, to the north east of the main peak. It is the highest hill in the Livingston area, and Arthur s Seat, Edinburgh Arthur s Seat and the Pentland Hills can be seen from here, as well as a view down the River Almond, Lothian Almond valley. Geology and other history Dechmont Law is a volcanic plug . The slopes show signs of agricultural terracing, from the Bronze Age Bronze and Iron Age , but it is unclear whether it was ever a hillfort . Its strategic position makes this likely, but there is insufficient archaeological evidence. In 2005, the investigation of the murder of Rory Blackhall, a schoolboy, also involved Dechmont Law Park. This is, sadly, where Rory s body was found in plantation woodland west of Dechmont Law. Rory s body was discovered after a methodical 2 hour search by a Countryside Ranger who knew the area well. Two mountain rescue members and a rescue dog where at the same spot within a few minutes. although searching independently from the Ranger . The police were alerted by the mountain rescue radio, as the battery of the Ranger ... his alleged experience. External links http www.cyberscotia.com ancient lothian pages dechmont law.html Dechmont law http www.armadale.org.uk dechmontlaw.htm Aerial photos http www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk ... more details
Deer Hill may refer to Deer Hill Cornwall, New York , listed on the National Register of Historic Place in Orange County, New York Dechmont Law , a hill outside Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland Jelenia G ra Deer Hill in Polish , a town in Lower Silesia Voivodeship, Poland redlinks with no articles and no other incoming links to the terms Deer Hill Kuyavia Pomerania Deer Hill village a village in Poland in Kuyavia Pomerania Voivodeship in tucholski county in Cekcyn commune Deer Hill Podlachia Deer Hill village a village in Poland in Podlachia Voivodeship in sok lski county in Sok ka commune disambig ... more details
on foot along one of the forest paths that lead up the side of Dechmont Law. Upon entering a clearing ... cases case682.htm UFO Evidence Forester encounters mine like entities in Scotland the Dechmont Woods ... www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk scotland west lothian ufos dechmont woods encounter.html Mysterious Britain Dechmont Law UFO ref Citation needed date June 2008 Taylor was always cited as being a man of good ... his death at the age of 89 in 2007, still defended what he had seen on Dechmont Law. Today, a plaque ... more details
for the hamlet in England Uphall, Dorset Image Strathbrock Kirk.jpg thumb right Strathbrock kirk, on the north side of Uphall Uphall lang sco Uphaa , lang gd Ubhalaidh ref name railwaynames http newsnetscotland.com index.php component content article 2999 list of railway station names.html List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic NewsNetScotland ref is a village in West Lothian , Scotland . It is a swiftly growing village in a conurbation with Broxburn, West Lothian Broxburn to the east, Dechmont to the west and the major town of Livingston, Scotland Livingston to the south west. Uphall is 30 miles from Glasgow and 14 miles from Edinburgh in the Scottish Lowlands . Uphall has a public golf course and a selection of public houses including The Oatridge Hotel, The Dovehill Arms, Houston House Hotel. Until the second half of the 19th century Uphall and its neighbour, Broxburn, were small rural communities. The discovery and exploitation of local oil shale triggered massive growth as many people moved to the area to gain employment in the oil shale mines and associated shale oil oil works . Surrounding villages expanded rapidly as rows of miners cottages were erected to accommodate the influx of people, most of whom came in search of money from Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland. This boom continued until the oil industry went into terminal decline in the 1920s and only post war industrial development at Greendykes and East Mains Industrial Estates, coupled with new employment throughout the West Lothian district and increased commuting to Edinburgh, helped to offset the depression that followed. Paul di Resta , the DTM champion 2010, and Formula One race driver in 2011 with the Force India F1 Team was born in Uphall on April 16, 1986. References references External links http www.uphall.org Uphall On The Web oscoor gbx NT059719 coord 55.93092 N 3.50770 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 NT059719 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB3 ... more details
Refimprove date March 2007 Infobox football club clubname Harthill Royal F.C. image fullname Harthill Royal Football Club nickname founded 1992 ground Gibbshill Park br East Main Street br Harthill, Scotland Harthill capacity chairman mgrtitle Managers manager Bobby Ramsay & Lex Leadbetter league Scottish Junior Football East Region South Division SJFA East Region South Division season 2010&ndash 11 position 14th Harthill Royal F.C. are a Scottish Scottish Junior Football Association Junior football soccer football club based in the Greenrigg area of Harthill, Scotland Harthill , West Lothian . Previously an amateur side called Harthill Royal Bar , the club shortened their name on joining the Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region in 1992. Club colours are royal blue. Their Gibbshill Park ground was previously the home of Polkemmet Juniors F.C. 1937&ndash 54, 1974&ndash 88 and known as Beechbank Park. ref http nonleaguescotland.co.uk region east south.htm ref The Scottish Junior Football Association SJFA restructured prior to the 2006&ndash 07 season, and Royal found themselves in the fifteen team Scottish Junior Football East Region South Division East Region, South Division . Honours Dechmont League Cup 1999&ndash 00, 2004&ndash 05 Lothians District Division Two winners 2002&ndash 03 East Region Division One winners 1992&ndash 93, 1994&ndash 95, 1999&ndash 00 Brown Cup 2002&ndash 03 References reflist Sources http www.nonleaguescotland.co.uk Non league Scotland http scottish football historical archive.com Scottish Football Historical Archive SJFA East Regional Divisions Category Football clubs in Scotland Category Scottish Junior Football Association clubs Category Association football clubs established in 1992 Category Sport in West Lothian Scotland footyclub stub ... more details
Orphan date December 2010 Infobox UK disused station name Bangour image name caption locale borough West Lothian platforms 2 original Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway pregroup North British Railway years 19 June 1905 events Opened ref name Butt Butt 1995 , page 26 ref years1 4 May 1921 events1 Closed ref name Butt Bangour railway station was a railway station in West Lothian , Scotland . It was located on a short branch of the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway . History Opened to serve a hospital in 1905, ref name Butt ref RAILSCOT ref the station did not survive to the 1923 Grouping, being closed by the North British Railway in 1921. ref name Butt The Bangour Railway as it was known began with an east facing junction at Bangour Junction on the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway . The junction hosted several sidings, and was located where the A899 Livingston Spine road crosses the railway today. A station, with a single platform and two sidings existed at Dechmont . The line terminated near the present day boiler house in Bangour Village Hospital . The line carried all the supplies for the hospital, but quickly became redundant when road access improved throughout the area. The line was funded by the Edinburgh and district Lunacy board, and was classed as a Private line. Expand section date October 2008 Services Historical Rail Start rail line next stnlnk Uphall br small Line closed Station open small previous route North British Railway br small p style background NBR light Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway small col NBR colour s end References Notes reflist Sources Butt Stations Jowett Atlas Jowett Nationalised http www.railbrit.co.uk Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway frame.htm RAILSCOT on Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway coord 55.91963 3.54887 type railwaystation region GB source npemap.org.uk enwiki display title Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Bangour Railway Station Category Disused railway stations in West Lothian Category Railway stations opened in 1905 Category ... more details
unreferenced date September 2009 Halfway is a largely suburban area in the town of Cambuslang , Scotland located within the local authority area of South Lanarkshire . Halfway borders the smaller areas of Lightburn, Flemington and Hallside. It was named when passengers, in the days of the Glasgow to Hamilton stagecoach would stop halfway to change the horses, have a rest etc. The district also has the older name of Gilbertfield , the castle of which name still stands. There is a long history of coal mining in the area especially around Flemington , but no colliery is still in operation. The above named castle , as it s known locally, is in fact a stately home. It was owned by William Hamilton poet Hamilton of Gilbertfield . He was a friend of Robert Burns and wrote a poem about William Wallace called Blind Harry s The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace Wallace , a rendering into contemporary English of a medieval Scots language Scots poem, which was eventually used as the basis for the screenplay that became the Mel Gibson blockbuster Braveheart . The area sits near Dechmont Hill , an extinct volcanic rock, 300 foot above sea level. There is evidence, written by the Welsh chroniclers, that King Arthur King Arthur s 12th battle, the battle of Calaan , took place there against the two sons of his rival Caw , or Cawn , king of Strathclyde.See http www.templum.freeserve.co.uk history strathclyde arthursbattles.htm Notable people from Halfway include boxer Scott Harrison boxer Scott Harrison , a World Featherweight champion Davie Wilson , Scotland national football team Scotland and Glasgow Rangers F.C. Rangers F.C striker Kyle Hutton , midfielder, who also played with Rangers and Mick McGahey union leader of the National Union of Mineworkers Great Britain National Union of Mineworkers NUM Category Cambuslang ... more details
Infobox UK school name Broxburn Academy image size 150px caption image2 caption2 size2 latitude 55.9367 longitude 3.4885 dms motto Together we will succeed & Sursim Corda Lift up your hearts motto pl established approx closed c approx type religion Mixed president head label Headteacher head Peter Reid r head label r head deputy head label Depute Head deputy head Kenneth Boal, Abi Adam, Lynn Nicol r deputy head label r deputy head chair label chair founder founder pl specialist specialist pl street Cardross Road city Broxburn county West Lothian country Scotland postcode EH52 6AG LEA dfeno urn ofsted staff enrollment gender Mixed lower age upper age houses Buchan, Cardross, Strathbrock & Almondell colours publication publication pl free label 1 free 1 free label 2 free 2 free label 3 free 3 website http www.broxburnacademy.net website name Broxburn Academy Broxburn Academy is a secondary school in Broxburn, West Lothian Broxburn , West Lothian , Scotland. Headteacher and SMT The current headteacher is Peter Reid and he is assisted by his Depute Headteachers Kenneth Boal, Abi Adam and Lynn Nicol. ref cite web url http www.broxburnacademy.net title Senior Management Team publisher Broxburn Academy accessdate 27 October 2011 ref Catchment area Broxburn Academy serves Broxburn, Uphall & Dechmont although pupils can come from a wider area. ref cite web url http www.westlothian.gov.uk sitecontent schools BroxburnAcademy title Broxburn Academy publisher West Lothian Council accessdate 27 October 2011 ref External links http www.broxburnacademy.net Official School Website References reflist 2 Category Secondary schools in Scotland Category Schools in West Lothian Scotland school stub ... more details
Bangour Village Hospital was a psychiatric hospital located west of Dechmont in West Lothian , Scotland . It was officially opened in October 1906, although the first patients had been admitted in June 1904. The hospital closed in 2004. History The hospital was modelled on the Alt Scherbitz asylum of the 1870s, near Leipzig in Germany, and represents one of the first colony plan psychiatric hospitals in Scotland. ref name Listed Building cite web url http hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk hslive portal.hsstart?P HBNUM 6588 title Bangour Village Hospital Listed Building Report author Historic Scotland accessdate 2008 04 01 ref The Bangour institution comprised individual villas which would house approximately 30 patients each. The village also incorporated its own railway station, a farm, bakery, workshops, recreation hall, school, shop, library, and latterly, and a multi denominational church. The hospital was requisitioned by the government War Office during both wars when it became Edinburgh War Hospital and The Scottish Emergency Medical Hospital , reverting back to a psychiatric hospital between and after the wars. The number of patients rose to over 3,000 in 1918. Temporary marquees and prefabricated huts were erected to cope with the demand for bed space, for both patients and staff. This led to the creation of Bangour General Hospital in the surrounding grounds, which was to become a world leader in many medical fields, in particular its esteemed burns and plastic surgery unit which was established in 1940. Citation needed date April 2008 It also had a 1st class Maternity Unit serving the whole of the county. In 1989, St John s Hospital, Livingston St John s Hospital opened in nearby Livingston, West Lothian Livingston , and services were transferred from Bangour General Hospital, which closed in the early 1990s. ref cite web url http www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk catalog records lhsab001 ... Hospital, Dechmont. Case File accessdate 2010 04 01 ref In August 2008 though, Persimmon Homes announced ... more details
Cecil O Bryen Fitz Maurice, 8th Earl of Orkney 3 July 1919&ndash 5 February 1998 was a Peerage of Scotland Scottish peer . He held the subsidiary titles of Viscount of Kirkwall and Baron of Dechmont. Born in 1919, Fitz Maurice was the younger son of Captain Douglas Frederick Harold FitzMaurice Royal Naval Air Service RNAS died 1937 , a great grandson of the 5th Earl, by his marriage to Dorothy Janette, daughter of Captain Royal Navy Captain Robert Dickie, Royal Navy RN . ref name who Orkney, 8th Earl of , in Who Was Who London A. & C. Black, 1920 2008 online edition by Oxford University Press , December 2007 ref His elder brother Douglas Hubert Hamilton FitzMaurice 1916&ndash 1942 was killed in action during the World War II Second World War . ref http www.thepeerage.com p3856.htm i38554 Douglas Hubert Hamilton FitzMaurice at peerage.com, accessed 22 April 2011 ref He joined the Royal Army Service Corps on the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and served in North Africa , Italy , France and Germany . He later served in the Korean war from 1950 to 1951. ref name who In 1951, he inherited the Earl of Orkney Earldom of Orkney from a cousin, Edmond Walter FitzMaurice, 7th Earl of Orkney 1867 1951 . In 1953, the new Lord Orkney married Rose Katharine Durk, the younger daughter of J. W. D. Silley, of Brixham , but they had no children. He died in 1998 and was succeeded by his kinsman Peter St John, 9th Earl of Orkney Oliver Peter St John . ref name who With the granting of seats in the House of Lords to all Scottish peers, which took effect in August 1963, Orkney gained a seat in the Lords, which was then expected to be for life. He did not live to see the enactment of the House of Lords Act 1999 which would have cost him his seat, removing most hereditary peers. At the time of his death, Orkney was living in Princes Road, Ferndown , Dorset . ref name who Notes reflist External links Hansard contribs mr cecil fitz maurice Cecil FitzMaurice, 8th Earl of Orkney Start ... more details
Image GilbertfieldNE.jpg thumb 300px Gilbertfield Castle, seen from the north east. Gilbertfield Castle is a ruined 17th century castle in South Lanarkshire , Scotland . It is located at gbmappingsmall NS652587 , on the north slope of Dechmont Hill, just outside Cambuslang , to the south east of Glasgow . History The castle is within the former barony of Drumsagard, which was a possession of the Clan Hamilton Hamiltons . The castle was built in the early 17th century, and the date 1607 is displayed on a heraldic panel above the door. The castle was later lived in, around the turn of the 18th century, by William Hamilton of Gilbertfield 1665 1751 , a retired soldier and writer. A friend of Allan Ramsay poet Allan Ramsay , he was responsible for translating Blind Harry s epic poem The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace . Mary Queen of Scots resided at the castle for a few days when she was fleeing from the English. The castle Gilbertfield is a well planned L Plan Castle L plan tower house . The stair tower, which projects to the north, was large enough to accommodate a series of rooms as well as a square turnpike stair. The basement level was vaulted, and contained cellars and a kitchen, which had a large fireplace and oven. A service stair connected the basement with the hall above. The hall itself had a smaller fireplace, as well as large windows with gunloops in between. Above the hall were two further floors, each with three rooms two in the main block, and one in the wing. At the highest level, the garret, two round turrets projected at the south east and north west corners. There was no parapet. The castle is now a neglected ruin, the east wall having collapsed in the 1950s. Only the corbelling of the north west turret remains.which fell down in the late 1960s. It is now deemed extremely dangerous as a lot of the brick work has fallen each year. The turret fell in the 1970s. Gilbertfield Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Mo ... more details
a UFO on Dechmont Law , The incident was investigated by Lothian and Borders Police . It is the only ... is Convert 523 ft m 0 above sea level. The highest point in deans is Dechmont Law which is Convert 712 ... Road and to the east is Deans North Road and Dechmont Law . Economy The there are two shopping areas ... more details
. The present earl holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount of Kirkwall and Lord Dechmont . Both ... Lord Dechmont heir apparent Oliver St John, Viscount Kirkwall The third creation came in 1696 when the soldier George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney Lord George Hamilton was made Lord Dechmont , Viscount ... more details
Infobox Hospital Name St John s Hospital Org Group NHS Lothian Image Stjohnshospital livingstonscotland.jpg Caption optional map type optional uses the Template Location map format must have latitude and longitude if using this. latitude used only for adding a map, with map type longitude used only for adding a map, with map type Logo optional Region Livingston, West Lothian State Scotland Country UK Coordinates optional use template coord with display inline,title HealthCare NHS Type General Hospital Speciality if devoted to a speciality, i.e. not if has broad spectrum of specialities Standards optional if no national standards Emergency Yes Affiliation University of Edinburgh Medical School Beds 550 ref name RIERAD cite web url http www.rierad.scot.nhs.uk stjohns.pdf title St John s Hospital Livingston accessdate 2008 04 01 ref Founded 1989 Closed Website http www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk GoingToHospital Locations StJohnsHospital Pages default.aspx NHS Lothian Website Wiki Links optional St John s Hospital is the main Hospital General general hospital in Livingston, West Lothian Livingston , West Lothian , Scotland . Located in the Howden area of the town, it serves Livingston, west Edinburgh , and the wider West Lothian region. ref name RIERAD St John s is one of three hospitals run by NHS Lothian which have Emergency department accident and emergency services. St John s has special status as a teaching hospital for the University of Edinburgh Medical School . ref name St Johns cite web url http www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk hospitals sjh.asp title St John s Hospital at Howden accessdate 2008 04 01 ref History Bangour Village Hospital Bangour General Hospital , near Dechmont to the north of Livingston, was the main hospital in the West Lothian area from 1939. Bangour had been built as an annexe of the village hospital, which had specialised in psychiatry . The Livingston Development Corporation LDC , which oversaw the development of the new town of Livingston from 196 ... more details
of publications, August 1962 August 1977. 1977 Four Scottish poets of Cambuslang & Dechmont Hill ..., Cambuslang c.1665 1751 , John Struthers, born at East Kilbride, and poet of Dechmont 1776 1850 ... more details
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