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Broxburn - villas

Parish:
Uphall, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Opened:
various dates
Closed:
various dates
Current status of site:
all extant

Villas and other housing owned by the Broxburn Oil Company, presumably occupied by senior officials. These properties include:

  • Elmore, Park Road, Broxburn
  • The Elms, 43 Station Road, Broxburn
  • Osbourne Cottage, 28, Station Rd Broxburn
  • Woodside, Drumshoreland

  • Location plans
  • Archive plans.

  • Related file records
    • 194804 - Disposition - Elmore, Park Road, Broxburn - Disposition by the Broxburn Oil Company in favour of William Hall relating to Elmore, Park Road, Broxburn. Dated 27th July and recorded on 4th August 1927. Type written
    • 144054 - Disposition - Osborne Cottage, 28 Station Road, Broxburn - Disposition by BP Exploration Company Limited (formerly The Broxburn Oil Company Limited) in favour of Dr. Daniel Stewart concerning Osborne Cottage, 28 Station Road, Broxburn. Type written. Dated 28th November 1963.
    • 144052 - Disposition - The Elms, 43 Station Road, Broxburn - Disposition by BP Exploration Company Limited (formerly The Broxburn Oil Company Limited) with consent of Alexander Scott Corstorphine in favour of Halifax Building Society concerning lower flat known as The Elms, 43 Station Road, Broxburn. Dated 14th January 1965. Type written. Includes plan showing the location in relation to Station Road and Hall farm Road and boundaries of building marked in red and coloured yellow. Also shown are water pipes and rains.. Scale 1" to 20'.
    • 144050 - Disposition - Woodside, Drumshoreland. - Disposition by BP Exploration Company Limited in favour of Thomas Swanney Speirs concerning property known as Woodside, Drumshoreland. Type written. 1st January 1970.
    • 194838 - "Elmore", Park Road, Broxburn, Acquisition of additional garden ground, April 1917. - 'Elmore', Park Road, Broxburn, Acquisition of additional garden ground dated April 1917. Additional note: 'Elmore' sold to Mr William Hall with entry at Whitsunday 1927. Correspondence discusses the possibility of extending the gardens of properties in Elmore, Park Road, Broxburn by puchasing a piece of land which runs at the back of said properties. Note dated 27th July 1927. Includes correspondences from the Broxburn Oils Limited dated 2nd May 1917, 26th April,1917.
    • 142804 - Letters - From the Broxburn Oil Co. Ltd to William Love Esq - Collection of letters from the Broxburn Oil Co. Ltd to William Love Esq regarding the purchase of 'Elmore', Park Road, Broxburn from George Brown