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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Winchburgh like this:
Winchburgh, a village in Kirkliston parish, Linlithgowshire, 11 ¾ miles W of Edinburgh. It has a station on the North British railway and a post office, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Winchburgh by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
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Broxburn | 0 | 2 |
Ecclesmachan | 0 | 2 |
Dundas | 0 | 2 |
Kirkliston | 0 | 2 |
Philipstoun | 0 | 1 |
Hopetoun | 0 | 2 |
Abercorn | 2 | 2 |
Newbridge | 0 | 1 |
Uphall | 0 | 2 |
Queensferry | 10 | 3 |
Dalmeny | 0 | 2 |
Blackness | 0 | 2 |
Bonnington | 0 | 2 |
Ratho | 0 | 2 |
Inch Garvie | 0 | 2 |
North Queensferry | 0 | 3 |
East Calder | 0 | 2 |
Mid Calder | 0 | 3 |
Lennie | 0 | 1 |
Gogar | 0 | 2 |