West Calder

[pippylong]

James,

Are these the front or back of the houses,

Claire

[mosstrooper]

Claire,
           This is the back of the houses, I would guess they all have at least a Quarter Acre here at the back
and at least 3 Quarter Acre at the front.

More info and photos will come by mail.

James. 

[Cauther Lassie]

This may be of interest to some of you, have attached a map of Addiewell Rows, showing all the street names - Livingston Street, Simpson Street, Graham Street, and of course Faraday Place as well as the rest.  Nothing left now of course apart from Faraday Place.    cheers ... Meg

[lyndyloo6]

Hi ,
Would Simpson Street be the same as Simpson Rows?  I had relatives in Simpson Rows...
Thanks Lynda

[pippylong]

Hi Cauther Lassie,

This is very interesting indeed !  thank you for posting this.....it gives a real idea where Faraday Place fitted into  the jigsaw here,

thank you so much,  not quite where I imagined it to be but nonetheless brilliant to see

 thanks,

Pip

[Cauther Lassie]

Hello,

I've never heard of Simpson Rows, being the same as Simpson Street, I thought that Simpson Rows were in Uphall, but could be wrong.  Simpson Street, named after James Young Simpson, all the Addiewell Streets were named after Inventors/Explorers, Stephenson (steam engine) Humphrey Davy (the Davy Lamp), Livingstone (David Livingstone - who was a great friend of James "Paraffin" Young, who owned the Oil Works), Michael Faraday (Chemist) who in his early years worked with Humphrey Davy - etc....

I'll see what I can find on Simpson Rows........  cheers ... Meg

[Cauther Lassie]

Hello Again,

Simpson Rows, were certainly in Uphall, so not the same as Simpson Street.

1881 census information for William Bell living at Livingstone

William BELL   M    52    M   Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland
   Rel:   Head
   Occ:   Gen Lab
Mary BELL   M   54    F   Ireland
   Rel:   Wife
   Occ:   Gen Lab Wife
William BELL    15    M   Livingstone, Linlithgow, Scotland
   Rel:   Son
   Occ:   Monitor (Public School) ((Pupil Teacher))
Patrick KERR    19    M   Ireland

Can't find them William on the 1851 census.....

regards .... Meg

[lyndyloo6]

Thanks for this Meg.  I knew that they were registered in West Lothian, but no so familiar with the lay out.  My relatives lived in Simpson Rows and also were oil workers.  They were Irish imigrants.  It seems that they were very poor and most died at an early age.

Kind regards,
Lynda

[pippylong]

Hi Meg ,

the map of Addiewell village.........can you let me know what publication this has come from please?

....and thank you for the information on the Bells, Mary Bell b. Ireland!  I seem to find I have more Irish roots all the time,

many thanks for this,

Claire