Old pictures of Winchburgh
WINCHBURGH is a small village in the parish of Kirkliston, in the small debt court district of Linlithgow, with a station on the Edinburgh and Glasgow section of the North British railway, and on the bank of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union canal, 11 miles west of Edinburgh and 6 east of Linlithgow; it has a mission church under Kirkliston. The inhabitants are employed in the large shale works and brick and tile -works in the parish. Niddry is a hamlet in Kirkliston parish, and half a mile from Winchburgh, which is its postal district. The surrounding country is rolling and wooded, the soil being heavy, with a sub-soil of clay, and growing fair crops of wheat, barley, oats and turnips, with a considerable acreage of pasture. The rateable value of the village is £967; population in 1901, 426.
Slater’s Royal National Commercial Directory of Scotland, 1903
Postcard - "Winchburgh looking East"
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Postcard - "Winchburgh looking East" Coloured printed postcard showing view east
Postcard - "Niddry Castle Oil Works"
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Postcard - "Niddry Castle Oil Works" Coloured printed postcard showing Niddry Castle Oil Works.
Postcard - "Main Street looking east, Winchburgh"
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Postcard - "Main Street looking east, Winchburgh" B & W photographic postcard showing the terraced houses of Oakbank Oil Company Limited's workers on Main Street, Winchburgh (looking east).
Photo - Winchburgh village
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Photo - Winchburgh village Sepia photograph, mounted on card, showing the view east along Main St. Winchburgh
Postcard - Allotments at Winchburgh
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Postcard - Allotments at Winchburgh Black and white photographic postcard of vegetable allotments and pigeon huts with miner's rows of Winchburgh in background.
Postcard - "Winchburgh looking East"
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Postcard - "Winchburgh looking East" Coloured photographic postcard of 'Winchburgh looking East'.
Postcard - "The School, Winchburgh"
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Postcard - "The School, Winchburgh" Sepia postcard of 'The School, Winchburgh' in West Lothian. In the foreground there are pupils sitting on the school wall with Oakbank Oil Company housing in the background.
Postcard - "Main Street Looking East, Winchburgh"
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Postcard - "Main Street Looking East, Winchburgh" B & W printed postcard showing a horse-drawn cart approaching from the east down Main Street in Winchburgh.
Postcard - "Winchburgh Church and Manse"
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Postcard - "Winchburgh Church and Manse" B & W printed postcard showing Winchburgh church and manse.
Postcard - "Ye Olde Tally-Ho Hotel, Winchburgh"
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Postcard - "Ye Olde Tally-Ho Hotel, Winchburgh" B & W photographic postcard showing the Ye Olde Tally-Ho Hotel in Winchburgh.
Postcard - "R.C. School and Presbytery, Winchburgh"
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Postcard - "R.C. School and Presbytery, Winchburgh" B&W printed postcard showing the Roman Catholic school and presbytery in Winchburgh.
Postcard - "Parish Church, Winchburgh"
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Postcard - "Parish Church, Winchburgh" Sepia printed postcard showing the parish church in Winchburgh
Postcard - "Main Street, Winchburgh"
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Postcard - "Main Street, Winchburgh" Black and white photographic postcard of 'Main Street, Winchburgh' West Lothian with Broxburn Cooperative on the right hand side.