Jimkabout Mill, two of them?

[Skoosh]

HT,  the Reidhall Mill must have been rebuilt, still on the go in 1849.
Jinkabout on the Avon was mentioned early 1700, possibly in existance long before. Jinkabout ford refers to the one over the Avon.
On 12 June 1798 William Meek, miller, tenant of Jinkabout Mills, Bo'ness & his son William, wrote to Glasgow Town Council offering to take on the run-down Subdean Mill on the Molendinar Burn for 19 years @ £100 rental  plus 7% of the repairs yearly, providing the magistrates spent £600 on repairs. Foolishly they turned Mr Meek down and the mill was rouped for 9 years @ £15 a year rent for the unimproved mill.

Skoosh.

[Forfarian]

can't just be coincidence?

Why not? Many other place names are duplicated - Edinburgh, Inkerman, Slateford, Laggan, Dundee, Bogside, Clova .... the list could go on for pages.

It's perfectly credible that the same name arose independently in two different places.

[Skoosh]

Of course you could, Bogside speaks for itself, Laggan, wet hollow, loads of them, Edinburgh & Dundee?? But a very strange name like Jinkabout with no obvious meaning and specifically relating to two mills and nowhere else, and not very far apart, is curious and merits an explanation.
I'm unlikely to get one however but you never can tell. Hence the post.

Skoosh.

[Mike in Cumbria]

The bridge on the Avon is called Jinkabout Bridge, and previous to that there was Jinkabout Ford.

Perhaps these names pre-date the mills  and describe the way that the road has to take a dogleg to get across the ford.  If that was the case, it is easier to imagine the name arising twice.

It's a theory, anyway.

[Skoosh]

Sounds possible Mike. My local roundabout could be called a Jinkabout, judging by the antics 

Skoosh.

[Mike in Cumbria]

Sir John Milne (Gaelic Place Names of the Lothians c1912) claims that Jinkabout is a derivation of of Dun a'buth (Knoll of the hut). Make what you will of that.

Mike

[Skoosh]

Doon a Boo, Mike, or Doon a Voo (Dun a'Buth), interesting discovery, pity these Lothian Gaels that knew this are a deid.
I prefer the dog-leg ford theory and can think of one on the Spey where you cross the river on a chevron of gravel when the river is low, changing course to downstream midway. Not exactly dry-shod, but across.
Thanks for that a bhalaich.

Skoosh.

[Portonian]

Jinkabout Mill, Bo'ness location is shown on this map.http://maps.nls.uk/view/74963114

It is some distance from the mouth of the Avon as stated. It probably milled for The Duke of Hamilton estate as well as local farmers. The carse was well known for growing grain with vast fields recorded to the west and north of this location. In competition was the mill south of the wall near Westquarter to the West of this location. That mill was owned by the Earl of Zetland's Kerse Estate.

RCAHMS website states: Archaeological Notes
NS97NW 84 9474 7975

'A large building two storeys high used as a corn mill having two large wheels propelled by water. Close to the mill is the dwelling house with offices attached, all in good repair; there is a vegetable garden and small farm attached. The whole is in the occupation of John Henderson and the property of the Duke of Hamilton.'
OS Name Book (Linlithgowshire), 1856.

Falkirk Collections has an image of part of the site:

http://collections.falkirk.gov.uk/search.do;jsessionid=EC13980B3E18FCC6371B79CEB420F78E?id=178344&db=object&view=detail

This record also appears on another thread;

William Meek, probably the son of William Meek & Janet Weir, born June 19, 1784 in Jinkabout Mills, Bo'Ness Parish, Linlithgowshire, married Margaret Angus, date and place unknown. They emigrated to Quebec about 1820. His brothers, John and Thomas, also came to Quebec initially but later moved on. I would appreciate learning more about them and their ancestors in Scotland.

At one time the area was a choice for the establishment of the world famous Carron Iron Works but the lack of suitable water supply and road, river and rail access saw it discarded.

Happy hunting.

[Forfarian]

At one time the area was a choice for the establishment of the world famous Carron Iron Works but the lack of suitable water supply and road, river and rail access saw it discarded.

I very much doubt that rail access played any part in siting the Carron Iron Works. The iron works at Carron were founded in 1759, and the railways were built in the 19th century; the great railway boom was in the 1840s.