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 where Rory s corpse was found in woodland 500m West of the summit. The case has since closed, and the murder suspect committed suicide. http www40.thny.bbc.co.uk 1 hi scotland 4172262.stm The Livingston Incident main Robert Taylor incident The hill is used mostly for forestry plantations, and it was here in 1979 that Bob Taylor, a forestry worker had an alleged encounter with a UFO in a clearing, which he claimed dragged him along the ground. Police were called in to investigate, and found odd marks ... ancient lothian pages dechmont law.html Dechmont law http www.armadale.org.uk dechmontlaw.htm ... 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 .... ref name mysterious http 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 ... on Dechmont Law. Today, a plaque which was later stolen and a small statuette are located in the clearing ... more details
Image Strathbrock Kirk.jpg thumb right Strathbrock kirk, on the north side of Uphall Uphall in West Lothian is a rapidly 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 Scotland 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. External links http www.uphall.org Uphall On The Web gbmapping NT059719 coord 55.93092 N 3.50770 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 NT059719 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category Villages in West Lothian WestLothian geo stub ... 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, Harthill, Scotland Harthill capacity chairman manager league Scottish Junior Football East Region South Division SJFA East Region South Division season 2009&ndash 10 position SJFA East Region South Division, 12th 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 Football in Scotland Category Scottish football clubs 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 landmark 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 Railwa ... 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. br 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 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 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 , a World Featherweight champion, Davie Wilson , Scotland national football team Scotland and Glasgow Rangers F.C. Rangers F.C striker and Mick McGahey union leader of the National Union of Mineworkers Great Britain National Union of Mineworkers NUM Category Cambuslang ... 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
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 Life of Sir William Wallace . 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. Gilbertfield Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a category B listed building . References Mason, Gordon The Castles of Glasgow and the Clyde , Goblinshead, 2000 Salter, Mike The Castles of South West Scotland , Folly Publications, 1993 National Monuments Record of Scotland Site Reference NS65NE 12 http lmid1.rcahms.gov.uk pls portal newcanm ... more details
titles of Viscount of Kirkwall and Lord Dechmont . Both subsidiary titles were created at the same ... died childless small subsidiary titles Viscount of Kirkwall Lord Dechmont heir apparent Oliver St ... of Orkney Lord George Hamilton was made Lord Dechmont , Viscount of Kirkwall and Earl of Orkney in the Peerage ... more details
list of publications, August 1962 August 1977. 1977 Four Scottish poets of Cambuslang & Dechmont ... of Gilbertfield, Cambuslang c.1665 1751 , John Struthers, born at East Kilbride, and poet of Dechmont ... 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 hospitals sjh.asp Wiki Links optional St John s Hospital is the main 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 1962, had planned to move the general hospital to Livingston from around 1974. The ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 The buildings of Cambuslang include the architecture, ancient sites, medieval castle ruins, 18th century mansion remnants, churches, schools, public buildings, commercial and industrial premises and retail and leisure facilities in the Scottish town of Cambuslang . There are two, much modified, railway stations. The very diverse domestic architecture comprises 19th century mansions, villas and tenements, and sheltered and nursing homes constructed from Victorian public buildings. Extensive 20th and 21st century housing estates include private and social housing and range from small terraces to high rise flats. The 1960s town centre has recently been redeveloped. Ruins and remains Image Wellshot House.JPG thumb 225px right The original Wellshott House c1865 Remains of an Iron Age fort can be seen on top of Dechmont Hill Drumsargard Castle near Hallside. A circular mound is all that remains, though the stones were used c1775 to build Hallside Farm. Gilbertfield Castle a 17th century fortified house now gently decaying. Westburn House Do cote 18th century now in the grounds of Cambuslang Golf Club. Westburn House was built in 1685 and demolished at the end of the 19th century. The dovecote is all that remains. It is octagonal, single chambered, with an ogee slate roof, two circular windows and a low door. Around the top, four dove holes and them a continuous stringcourse cum pen. Harled in 1978. Inside there are 488 nest holes with slate perches. Wellshot House original early 19th century mansion house of Thomas Gray Buchanan, on whose lands the late 19th century villa suburb was built. This is now divided into flats. The walls to his orchard can be seen on Brownside Road, as well as so it is claimed the gatehouse. Churches Cambuslang Baptist Church 1895, by William Ferguson . New Testament Greek classical style typical of Baptist churches, with an ingeniously planned Memorial Hall at the rear 1932, by Millar an ... more details
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