Borrowstounness and district, being historical sketches of Kinneil, Carriden, and Bo'ness, c. 1550-1850

r^^BORROWSTOUNNESS AND DISTRICTEdition is limited to lOO which this isThis Copies, of'-rNo t.lBORROWSTOUNNESSDISTRICTANDBEINGOFHISTORICAL SKETCHES KINNEIL,AND BO'NESSCARRIDEN,c. 1550-1850BYTHOMAS SALMONJAMESWith Illustrations and MapsEDINBURGH AND LONDONWILLIAM HODGE & COMPANY1913BYPRINTEDAND COMPANYWILUAH HODGKGLASGOW AND EDINBURGHTOTHEIR GRACESTHBAND DUCHESS OF HAMILTONDUKETfinS VOLUMEISBY PERMISSIONDEDICATEDRESPECTFULLY734PEEFAOE.and the sentimentInfluenced a for historicalby liking things bythat kinsfolk have been identified with this district formy closelywillI commenced to collect the material whichmany generations,sevenbe found in the of a recreationfollowing pages by way yearsButThere was at first no idea of theago. present publication.as I discovered so much of whatmy investigations proceededI believed to be new and information that I feltinterestingin form.to however volumeit,impelled preserve imperfectly,of treatment and them-difficulties presentedMany arrangementselves. The chief of these was in whether to continuedecidingthe narrative to the time or to end it at the middle ofpresentwasthe 19th the latter methodcentury. Ultimately adopted,and brieffor various reasons. from theApart comparativelynarratives in the Old and New Statistical Accounts there wasin the nature of a local chronicle detailed reference tonothing ;at for modemwas desirable the;early history very space disposalwould be and was notevents ...