Murieston Water, near Bankton House Hotel
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Murieston Water, near Bankton House Hotel
Image: © Ian Dodds Taken: 15 Mar 2021
A section of Murieston Water running through Murieston itself. The burn and this Southern area of Livingston take their name from Murieston House, which is still inhabited and is just off Murieston Valley road. Murieston Castle, a renovated castle tower, lies a mile SouthWest of the house, but since this was rebuilt after the house was built it seems likely that it also took its name from the house. An early spelling of the house is Muirhouseton, 'muir' meaning moor. Though 'ton' these days is generally thought of as denoting a town or village, it sometimes used to just stand for any large property, as there would always be farm-workers and/or servants also living there, making the house a settlement of sorts. So the house bit of Murieston House is actually a bit superfluous. A tarmacked path runs alongside the water, just to the left of the picture.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.873519
Longitude
-3.499082