Cobbinshaw

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55°48′11″N 3°34′37″W / 55.803°N 3.577°W / 55.803; -3.577

Cobbinshaw is a small hamlet in West Lothian, Scotland. It is at the end of a dead end road from nearby Woolfords.

Cobbinshaw is at 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level on the edge of the Pentland Hills. Nearby villages include Woolfords, Auchengray and Tarbrax. It is next to Cobbinshaw Reservoir, built in 1818 to supply water for the Union Canal.

History

In 1685 Walter Lord Torphichen sold the lands of Camilty and north and south Cobbinshaw to William Tennant.

Transport

It once had its own railway station on the Caledonian Railway's Edinburgh to Carstairs Line. The station was located north of Auchengray railway station.

References

Papers of Lord Torphichen in the National Archives of Scotland GD119/405

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cobbinshaw.
  • Museum of the Scottish shale oil industry - Cobbinshaw South Village
  • Vision of Britain - Cobbinshaw