Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Blackridge

Blackridge, a village on the SW border of Torphichen parish, Linlithgowshire, on Barbauchlaw Burn, 5½ miles WSW of Bathgate. It has a post office under Bathgate, a Free Church preaching station, and a public school.


(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: West Lothian County
Place: Blackridge

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