Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Muirhead or West Benhar

Muirhead or West Benhar, a village in Shotts parish, Lanarkshire, 3¾ miles W by S of Whitburn. Pop. (1871) 868, (1881) 1412.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Shotts Parish       Lanarkshire County
Place names: MUIRHEAD     |     MUIRHEAD OR WEST BENHAR     |     WEST BENHAR

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