Stable Rows

Parish:

Bathgate, Linlithgowshire

Local authority:

West Lothian

Ownership:

Uphall Mineral Oil Co.

Uphall Mineral Oil Co. Ltd.

Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd.

Opened:

Probably built c.1868

Closed:

Demolished late 1930's, other than Starlaw Cottage

Current status of site:

Agriculture

Eight houses, which like nearby Starlaw Rows were probably constructed to house those employed at Boghall Oil Works and associated Starlaw Mine. Like the Starlaw Rows, the Stable Rows lay empty for considerable periods following closure of the Boghall oil works in c.1880, and changed ownership on a number of occassions as new shale works were opened in the area.

Location map

Detailed maps

25" OS map c.1895, courtesy National Library of Scotland

Related file records

179002 - Disposition by Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of James Russell Tod of subjects: (1) Stable Rows, (2) Starlaw Rows, Bathgate. Dated 1957. - Disposition by Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of James Russell Tod of subjects: (1) Stable Rows, (2) Starlaw Rows, Bathgate. Dated 1957. Details the sale of (1) Stable Rows, (2) Starlaw Rows, Bathgate by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to James Russell Tod for the sum of Â£5. Attached is a plan of the properties referred to in the disposition with their boundaries highlighted in red. The plan is undated with a scale of 1.5"=300'.