Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Broxburn

Broxburn.-- mining town, with oil-works, Uphall par., E. Linlithgowshire, 11 miles W. of Edinburgh by rail, pop. 3066; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "mining town, with oil-works"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Uphall ScoP       West Lothian ScoCnty
Place: Broxburn

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