Dechmont
Dechmont
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 Goodall Place, Dechmont | |
  Dechmont Location within West Lothian | |
| Population | 620 (2020)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NT039708 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BROXBURN |
| Postcode district | EH52 |
| Dialling code | 01506 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Dechmont (/dɛxˈmənt/ DEKH-mənt; Gaelic: Deagh-Mhonadh) is a small village located near Uphall, West Lothian in Scotland. Bangour Village Hospital is located to the west of Dechmont. Its postal code is EH52.[2] An alleged alien encounter took place in 1979 in the nearby Dechmont Woods.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The word "Dechmont" is Celtic in origin and likely from the Brythonic teg meaning "good" or "lovely", and mynydd meaning a moorland area. This has been Gaelicised as "Deagh-Mhonadh" which also means "good moorland" or summer grazing.
Infrastructure
[edit]The village has a small infant/primary school providing learning for pre-school through to primary three pupils. In 2012 the school roll was thirteen which consisted of five primary one pupils; four primary two pupils and four primary three pupils as well as sixteen pre-school infants[4]
Lothian Country operates daytime bus service X18 and night service N18 between Edinburgh and Whitburn via Broxburn, Bathgate and Armadale.
Notable residents
[edit]Several notable persons born between the 1948 and 1990 are described as being 'from' Dechmont as per their birth certificate, but have only a tenuous link to the town due to being delivered at Bangour General Hospital which operated in that period;[5][6] most children born here would have grown up elsewhere in West Lothian.
- Scott Arfield is a professional footballer who has played with Falkirk and Huddersfield Town and Burnley and now currently plays with Rangers. He is a former captain of the Canada national team.
- Stephen Gallacher - professional golfer, 4-time winner on the European tour and Ryder Cup Star was born in Dechmont in 1974.
- Edward Meldrum, the business partner of James Young bought Old Dechmont House in 1865 and rebuilt it as Dechmont Castle in 1869. He died there in 1875.[7]
- Hannah Rarity - Scots traditional singer who was raised in Dechmont.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Population estimates for settlements and localities in Scotland: mid-2020". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ↑ "Dechmont, West Lothian Information". postcode-info.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ↑ Livingston Incident Archived 2008-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ [dead link]
- ↑ [https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/linda-first-baby-born-bangour-2630642 Linda was first baby born in Bangour maternity unity, Daily Record / West Lothian Courier, 3 July 2008
- ↑ Scottish fact of the day: Bangour Village Hospital, The Scotsman, 2 December 2014
- ↑ "Memory Lane: The story of Dechmont Castle". 19 March 2017.
- ↑ "Ones to watch in 2018: folk singer Hannah Rarity". www.scotsman.com. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
External links
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- West Lothian Archaeology Group - Dechmont Law Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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