Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Uphall

Uphall, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Linlithgowshire - par. (containing the town of Broxburn), 4541 ac., pop. 4812; vil., on Brox Burn, 1½ mile W. of Broxburn and 1 mile N. of its sta., which is 5¾ miles NE. of Bathgate and 13½ SW. of Edinburgh, pop. (including Upper Uphall) 591; P.O., T.O.; has large paraffin works.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Uphall ScoP       West Lothian ScoCnty
Place: Uphall

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