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Uphall is a parish in Linlithgowshire. It is bounded on the east and south by Edinburghshire, and on other sides by the parishes of Livingston, Ecclesmachan, Linlithgow, and Kirkliston. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Broxburn, East Binnie, Uphall, West Binnie
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church, dedicated to St Nicholas, was a prebend belonging to the Provostry of Kirkheugh.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Broxburn. Disjoined from Uphall, and erected into a parish quoad sacra by Court of Teinds, 20 March 1903. Church built in 1884.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Uphall (QO)
Broxburn (QS)
(1928: Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, by Hew Scott, D. D.)
Parish registers turned over to the Registrar-General, as a result of the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Act of 1854. The letters B. D. and M. indicate Births (or Baptisms), Deaths (or Burials), and Marriages (or Proclamations of Banns) respectively. Numbers indicate separate volumes or books. Note: These records are by no means complete or without damage; consult the Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland (1872) to learn more about the condition of the records.
| OPR and RD Numbers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date Range | Name | Number | Type |
| 1598-1854 | Uphall | 672 | OPR |
| 1855-1971 | Uphall | 672 | RD |
| 1972-2002 | Uphall | 708 | RD |
| 2003-2008 | Uphall | 775 | RD |
| 2009 | West Lothian, Uphall | 775 | RD |
| 2026 | West Lothian Council; Uphall Community Council Broxburn Community Council Addiewell Community Council Loganlea and Breich Community Council Greenrigg Community Council Uphall Station Community Council | ||
(2009: Parishes and Registration Districts of Scotland - Old and New, National Records of Scotland)
Local community councils (2026) are provided as a potential source of additional information for settlements within the original boundaries of the parish. (Source)
Statistics from informal and official censuses
Anderson, Brown, Kelly, Paterson, Potter, Smith, Stewart, Thomson, Wilson, Young
Note: Names appearing in research materials, other than censuses. Simple names (First name, surname only) have been omitted unless they appear associated with large properties. All women's names, and men's names with occupations, military ranks, or peerage titles are included.
Abridged from the account of the parish, by the Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan, in the 1st volume of the Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland, p. 139, -155.
"The return to Dr Webster from hence in 1755 was 690 souls. The number of inhabitants in 1778, by an acutal numeration, amounted to 583; and in 1781 to 600, and seems likely to increase. Broxburn, the only villlage in the parish, is now on the increase."
(This section contains excerpts, at times restructured or paraphrased, from an article appearing in Statistical Account of Scotland, Sir John Sinclair, 1791-1799)
Primary Sources:
Statistical Account of Scotland (1791-1799), Volume 6, p. 543
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 2, Section I, p. 85
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