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The Whipman Play is an annual summer festival held in the village, and is one of the Borders' oldest festivals the Whipman being the local man chosen as the focus of festivities. The festival commences on the Friday before the first Saturday in June, and runs until the following Saturday. The Whipman
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in 1631, with the right to hold fairs and markets. The importance of droving and the markets reached their zenith in the early years of the nineteenth century, when upwards of 30,000 sheep would be sold annually, including the famous Linton breed. The markets at Linton were considered the largest in
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It is estimated that in 1834 about fifty hands worked in the mines and quarries of the area. There were collieries near Carlops and Macbiehill, the latter operating until recent times; also quarries producing limestone for agricultural purposes. In 1834, there were five tailors in the village, four
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Children of the United Presbyterian Church congregation attended the Somervail School, built in 1852 from money left for the purpose by James Somervail of Moreham, whose wife was a member of the brewing family of Younger, of long-standing in the village. The 'New' School on School Brae was built in
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with cool summers and mild winters. West Linton can be prone to notably low temperatures. Contributing factors include its location in a valley and the relatively elevated position of the village centre at approximately 230m above sea level. It has recorded a number of British low temperature date
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The appointment of a schoolmaster was first recorded in 1604, but there is no note of a schoolhouse until 1657. In 1791, the parish school was situated near the cross. A new parish school was opened in 1864 as a single-storey building and may be seen, somewhat altered, on the opposite side of the
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Each year a local man is elected to the office of Whipman and he chooses the Whipman's Lass to assist him. These two represent the village at other Lothian and Borders festivals throughout their year in office. The celebrations begin with the Installation of the Whipman & Lass, followed by a
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road. Tolls were levied on travellers, including the many drovers and their animals passing through the district. The ticket issued entitled the purchaser to pass free of charge through other districts provided they did so on the same day, but anyone attempting to bypass the toll could be fined
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Robert Sanderson (1836-1902), the "Laureate of Lynedale", wrote poems and sketches celebrating the Lyne valley, and his handsome tomb erected by his friends may be seen in the graveyard. The monument and low-relief portrait head is an early work by sculptor
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Scotland and were widely referred to as an expression for any gathering of a large size: "big as a Linton Market." West Linton had two therapeutic wells, the waters of which were sold on market days for either a penny or a half penny, depending on the well.
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Archaeological work between 1993 and 1998 at Siller Holes, West Linton, found evidence of lead mining from the 12th to 14th centuries. Documented reference to the site only occurred in the late 16th century, so it is unknown who was undertaking the mining.
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Play Society was formed in 1803 by local young men to alleviate hardship and illness for its members and in the community at large, 42 years before the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1845, and possibly before the first insurance company in Scotland.
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There were a tannery and brewery situated on the Upper Green and a gas works on the Lower Green, all now gone. The Manor House at the top of the main street dates from 1578, and is said to have been built on Saturday nights by masons who were engaged by
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At the end of the eighteenth century, there were between twenty and thirty looms in the village, rising to about eighty in the early nineteenth century, some weaving household goods but most weaving cotton cloth for Edinburgh and Glasgow merchants.
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main street. At one time it was attended by over eighty pupils, all accommodated in the single room. On the Lower Green was a school for females and infants. There was also the Episcopalian School on Chapel Brae, connected with St Mungo's Church.
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Adjacent to the Lower Green is the parish church of St. Andrew, flanked by the old graveyard in which stood the original church and manse. In 1780, plans were approved for a new church to be built on the old manse
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near Medwyn House. This route continues north-west, following the important droving route, along which sheep and cattle passed northwards through the Pentlands by way of the Cauldstane Slap for the great trysts at
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was maintained in the twentieth century by the Hon. Lord Henry Wallace Guthrie (1903-1970), one of the youngest judges to be appointed to the College of Justice. Fergusson Place perpetuates the memory of
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West Linton has two village greens, the Lower Green to the south and the Upper Green to the north, the land for which was granted to the inhabitants in perpetuity by the feudal Lord, the
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Although West Linton has never played a significant part in the history of the country, several eminent men have taken up residence in the area. Early in the nineteenth century,
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At the southern end of Main Street near St. Andrew's Parish Church lies the old toll house, built in the early nineteenth century at the entrance to the village on the
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twenty shillings if caught, and there were also severe penalties for those convicted of damaging or destroying a toll house. Today, the old toll house is used as a
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records, such as -21.8 °C on 12 January 1982, -11.7 °C on 1 April 1917, -10.0 °C on 30 October 1926 and -18.3 °C on 16 November 1919.
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George Johnston, owner of the first motorcar in Scotland and founder of the Arrol-Johnston automotive works was born in West Linton in 1855.
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Climate data for Blyth Bridge 253m asl, 1971-2000, extremes 1960- (Weather station 4 miles (6 km) to the South of West Linton)
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The first written record occurs in the twelfth century, when the Church of "Linton-Ridric" was gifted to the Church of St Mary of
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dressmakers, two butchers, five carriers, nine retailers of meal, groceries and spirits, two surgeons and four innkeepers.
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it is now a right-of-way, approached from West Linton by the Loan or Medwyn Road: it crosses the road from West Linton to
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There is considerable evidence of the pre-historic occupation of the area. A right-of-way through the foothills of the
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Clark, Robin. "The Whipman Play: A Short History", 1985. In the official programme of the Whipman Play Society
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1907 but is now disused, replaced by the new primary school on Deanfoot Road that opened in October 2013.
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Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH): Evolution of the landscape around Biggar, Carnwath and West Linton
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Gifford's Stone, carved around 1660 by local mason James Gifford, on a house on the Main Street
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Built in 1864 to facilitate mining and quarrying activities in the area, it was linked to the
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and "the Monks serving God there". The Church remained within the Diocese of Kelso until the
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markets. Livestock from the north came south via the same route to West Linton and
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in the boundary wall in which ministers living in the old manse would place their
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The home of West Lintons Rugby Club for primary school aged children
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The village of Linton is of ancient origin. Its name derives from a
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Linton Hotspur to play in the East of Scotland League next season
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In 2020, the summer festival did not take place because of the
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follows an important pre-historic routeway linking the Upper
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CANMORE/RCAHMS record for West Linton, Talla Observatory
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is from the village, recently running the 1500m in the
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Plaque to George Johnston, Trinity House, West Linton
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road follows the line of the Pentland Hills. Between
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sits at the top of the hill overlooking this Green.
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Westlinton

West Linton is located in Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
OS grid reference
NT152515
Edinburgh
Civil parish
Council area
Scottish Borders
Lieutenancy area
Tweeddale
Country
Scotland
Sovereign state
Postcode district
EH46
Dialling code
Police
Scotland
Fire
Scottish
Ambulance
Scottish
UK Parliament
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Scottish Parliament
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
www.westlinton.org.uk
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