Cobbinshaw is a small hamlet in
West Lothian
West Lothian ( sco, Wast Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and was one of its shires of Scotland, historic counties. The county was called Linlithgowshire until 1925. The historic county was bounded geogra ...
, Scotland. It is at the end of a dead end road from nearby
Woolfords
Woolfords is a small hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Woolfords is located on the road between Auchengray and West Calder, next to Cobbinshaw Reservoir. It was formerly part of West Calder in West Lothian and ...
.
Cobbinshaw is at above sea level on the edge of the
Pentland Hills. Nearby villages include Woolfords,
Auchengray
Auchengray is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Overview
It has a small church whose architect was Frederick Thomas Pilkington (1832–98), the ground given by George Robertson Chaplin (proprietor) of Colliston House, Arbroath, ...
and
Tarbrax
Tarbrax (Scottish Gaelic: "An Tòrr Breac" - meaning "the speckled tor") is a small village in the Parish of Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is at the end of a dead end road off the A70 road between Edinburgh and Carnwath.
Tarbrax has ...
. It is next to
Cobbinshaw Reservoir
Cobbinshaw Reservoir is a reservoir in West Lothian, Scotland. It is situated near the Pentland Hills, 5 km south of West Calder. The site is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is popular with wildfowl.
History
Cobbinshaw Rese ...
, built in 1818 to supply water for the
Union Canal
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History
In 1685 Walter
Lord Torphichen
Lord Torphichen or Baron Torphichen is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created by Queen Mary in 1564 for Sir James Sandilands (to whom she was related), with remainder to his heirs and assigns whatsoever.
The first Baron Sandilands h ...
sold the lands of Camilty and north and south Cobbinshaw to William Tennant.
Transport
It once had its own
railway station
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on the
Caledonian Railway's Edinburgh to
Carstairs Line. The station was located north of
Auchengray railway station
Auchengray railway station was just outside Auchengray, a hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line.
It is near Tarbrax and Woolfords. The Wil ...
.
References
Papers of Lord Torphichen in the National Archives of Scotland GD119/405
External links
Museum of the Scottish shale oil industry - Cobbinshaw South VillageVision of Britain - Cobbinshaw
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Villages in West Lothian