Dechmont (
Gaelic
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: ''Deagh Mhonadh'') is a small village located near
Uphall, West Lothian in
Scotland.
Bangour Village Hospital is located to the west of Dechmont. It has an approximate population of 989 people. Its postal code is EH52. An alleged
alien encounter
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took place in 1979 in the nearby
Dechmont Woods.
The village has a small infant/primary school providing learning for pre-school through to primary three pupils. In 2012 the school roll was thirteen which consisted of five primary one pupils; four primary two pupils and four primary three pupils as well as sixteen pre-school infants
Lothian Country
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operates bus service X18 between Edinburgh and Whitburn via Broxburn, Bathagte and Armadale
Notable residents
''Several notable persons born between the 1948 and 1990 are described as being 'from' Dechmont as per their birth certificate, but have only a tenuous link to the town due to being delivered at
Bangour General Hospital
Bangour General Hospital was a hospital just west of the village of Dechmont, West Lothian, Scotland. It had its origins during the Second World War when hospital bed numbers in Scotland were greatly expanded to deal with the anticipated increas ...
which operated in that period; most children born here would have grown up elsewhere in West Lothian.''
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Scott Arfield
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He began his career at Falkirk before moving to the English leagues for eight year ...
is a professional footballer who has played with
Falkirk
Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a ...
and
Huddersfield Town and
Burnley and now currently plays with
Rangers
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. He is a former captain of the Canadian national team.
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Stephen Gallacher
Stephen James Gallacher (born 1 November 1974) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.
Early life and amateur career
Gallacher was born in Dechmont, West Lothian and is the nephew of former European Ryder Cup captain ...
- professional golfer, 4-time winner on the European tour and Ryder Cup Star was born in Dechmont in 1974.
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Edward Meldrum
Edward Meldrum FRSE DL (1821–1875) was a Scottish chemist who was partner to James Young in his oil and paraffin ventures creating the company Young & Meldrum and the independent company of Meldrum & Co in Glasgow.
Life
He was born in 1821 ...
, the business partner of
James Young bought Old Dechmont House in 1865 and rebuilt it as Dechmont Castle in 1869. He died there in 1875.
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Hannah Rarity
Hannah Rarity is a Scottish singer and songwriter from Dechmont, West Lothian. In 2018, she was the winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician award, and her debut album ''Neath the Gloaming Star'' was nominated for Album of the ...
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Scots traditional singer who was raised in Dechmont.
See also
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Robert Taylor incident
In ufology, the Taylor Incident, a.k.a. Livingston Incident or Dechmont Woods Encounter is the name given to claims of sighting an extraterrestrial spacecraft on Dechmont Law in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland in 1979 by forester Robert "Bob" T ...
References
External links
West Lothian Archaeology Group - Dechmont Law
Villages in West Lothian
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