BP Archive (Numerical list)
143492: Grant of Servitude by Gideon Paris and Mrs. Flora Jane Stewart or Paris in favour of Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co. Ltd.
Grant of Servitude by Gideon Paris and Mrs. Flora Jane Stewart or Paris with consent ut intus in favour of Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited, dated 1925. Included is a plan referred to in the Grant of Servitude by Gideon Paris and Mrs. Flora Jane Stewart or Paris with consents titled 'Proposed Route For Electric Power Cable'. Date stamped 'Scottish Oils Limited Middleton Hall Uphall' Dated 24th Aug 1925. Plan has no scale. Details the area of land at Birnyhill [sic] (Birniehill) to the north of Bathgate Chemical Works. This archive is directly related to 143490143493: Discharge by Miss Alice Muriel Thom in favour of Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited.
Discharge by Miss Alice Muriel Thom in favour of Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited. Dated 1927. Of all claims against them in respect of area coloured red under Lease of Shale in the Lands of Limefield which was terminated at Whitsunday 1925. Details the agreement between Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited and Miss Alice Muriel Thom regarding the shale seams and beds lying in and under two areas of ground on the Estate of Limefield in the County of Edinburgh. Details the sum of £710 paid to Miss Alice Muriel Thom by the company to cover the cost of damage to the land and erect fences on both sides of the railway back shunt on Langside Farm. Also states that the company have to pay an annual sum of £5 to retain the railway back shunt from year to year. Discharge mentions an annexed Ordnance Map, however there are none attached.143494: Discharge by Miss Alice Muriel Thom in favour of Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited.
Discharge by Miss Alice Muriel Thom in favour of Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited, of all claims against them under Lease of the Farm of Langside. Dated 1927. Details the agreement between Miss Thom and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited in realtion to the Farm of Langside in the Parish of West Calder and County of Edinburgh and the sums of money that must be paid by the company to the tenant in relation to the grazing of sheep on the land.143495: Minute of Agreement between the Trustees of Late John Young Esq. of Addiewell and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited, dated 1929.
Minute of Agreement between the Trustees of the late John Young of Addiewell and Youngâs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited. Dated 19th, 23rd, 25th, 26th, and 30th July 1929. Details the agreement between the late John Young and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited regarding the lands of Polbeth leased by Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited to work the whole coal of every description and bituminous shale lying in and under these lands. It states that the Dunnet Seam have been left unworked in certain stoops to provide support for the buildings on top of the land, Woodend Cottage. Includes scale plan of 'No. 26 Mine Polbeth, Plan showing Dunnet Shale Working in connection with the protection of Raeburn Row and Gavieside Rows'. The area mentioned in the agreement is highlighted in red with Woodend Cottage, Raeburn Rows and Gavieside all noted. Scale of plan is 1/2 inch = 66ft. Dated 27/6/29143496: Lease between the Trustees of the late John Young of Addiewell and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited.
Lease between the Trustees of the late John Young of Addiewell and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited, of Addiewell, Auchenhard and Polbeth, dated 1929. Details the sums of money to be paid by Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited to the Trustees of the late John Young for leasing the Farms of Addiewell, Auchenhard, Polbeth and the lands of Mossend and Cloverfordsykes and states the various points that have to be clarified regarding the working of the land. Contains Letters- 1. Letter from Maclay, Murray & Spens to Youngâs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited dated 20th March 1953 2. Letter from Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited to Maclay, Murray & Spens dated 1st April 1953 requesting the return of lease signed for Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited by Secretary R. Y. Gilchrist Contains two plans- 1. Plan No 1 The land highlighted in pink is Auchinhard with the blue area being Addiewell. Scale is 1inch to 1000ft. 2. Plan No2 Plan showing the lands of Mossend, Gavieside and Polbeth with additional notes in pencil showing to additional fields sold in 1936. Scale is 1inch to 1000ft. 3. Polbeth Farm 'Rates per Acre for Land resumed' plus plan with acreage noted on each area. Scale is 6 inches to 1 mile. Rates per acre range from 16 Shillings to 30 Shillings.143497: Lease between the Trustees of the late John Young of Addiewell and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co. Ltd. and subsequent sub-lease.
2 leases: Lease (1) between the Trustees of the late John Young of Addiewell and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited regarding Shale in Lands of Auchenhard. Dated 1918 AND Sub-Lease (2) between Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited and Robert Barrie of Farm Auchenhard. Dated 1931. Lease 1 - details the agreement to lease the Lands of Auchenhard in the Parish of Livingstone [sic] and County of Linlithgow to Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited by Mrs Christina MacLellan. It outlines that the company may work the shale from a pit or pits on adjoining lands belonging to or leased by them but that they are not entitled to sink pits, make bings or otherwise enter upon or occupy any part of the surface of the ground overlying the shale without consent of the Landlords. Details the sum of £50 per annum that Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company must pay the Landlords to work the shale under the Lands of Auchenhard for the first 10years of the lease and then £100 from then until the expiration of the lease. Includes a plan referred to in the lease which highlights the Lands of Auchenhard in red. Scale of plan is 1/2inch to 100ft. Lease 2 - details the agreement to sublet the Lands of Auchenhard by Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company to Robert Barrie for the yearly rent of eighty two pounds and ten shillings. Includes a plan referred to in the lease which shows the Lands of Auchenhard. Scale of plan is 1inch to 1000ft.143498: Lease between the Earl of Rosebery and William Fraser. Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. Hon. Neil Archibald Primrose, 1892.
Lease between the Earl of Rosebery and William Fraser â Shale in Livingstone Estate (1889); Earl of Rosebery â Ground for Spent Shale at Seafield and Deans (1892); Agreement between The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited and Mr McLagan re. Compensation for ground occupied and damaged south of the Works (1933); Correspondence re. Livingstone Mineral Lease (1959); Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956; Discharge by Neil Archibald Primrose in favour of The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited (1962). Inclosed Scale Plan of Livingston Estate detailing - Bores put down by Youngs Co coloured Blue Old bores coloured Red Scale 5280 feet to 1 mile Correspondences- 1. Valuation and Rating Scotland to Pumpherston Oil Co. the occupier of Site of Tramway over Barracks Farm from Simon F. Carruthers agent for Lord Primrose share of rate for property 1956-57 is 11 Shillings and 2 pennies 2. Letter from J.T. Mclaren Esq to The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited regards to aquiring farmland for Spent Shale dumping on Cousland Farm at a rate of 20 Shillings per Acre and at Land on Barracks Farm, Spent shale from Deans Works143499: Assignation by William Fraser in favour of The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited, of Lease of Shale on Livingston Estate, dated 1891.
Assignation by William Fraser in favour of The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited, of Lease of Shale on Livingston Estate, dated 1891. Details the agreement between the Pumpherston Oil Company Limited and the Earl of Rosebery for the company to work the whole seams as far as not already worked of bituminous and oil shales in the lands of the Earl of Rosebury.143500: (Duplicate) Minute of Agreement between the Earl of Rosebery and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited â Livingston Shale, dated 1894.
Minute of Agreement between the Earl of Rosebery and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited â Livingston Shale, dated 1894. Details the agreement allowing The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to work the whole seams so far as not then worked of Bituminous or oil shales in the Earl of Rosebery's lands. Includes plan of propsed site showing Cousland (highlighted in pink), Barracks and Newyearfield Farms. Scale of plan is 0.75'' to 100'143501: Minute of Let and Agreement between the Earl of Rosebery and The Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd., letting further area to The Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd.
Minute of Let and Agreement between the Earl of Rosebery and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited, letting further area to The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited and altering fixed rent and royalties and also letting the seam of Houston Coal. Dated 28th November 1900, 3rd December 1901 and recorded on 31st December 1901. Details the agreement between The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited and The Earl of Rosebery regarding the working of the seam of coal on the Earl's land. Outlines finer details regarding sums of money due and length of the lease. Attached are 2 letters dated 1948 which discuss the possiblity of continuing to produce a detergent called 'Iranopol' at the Detergent Plant. Sent from Scottish Oils to the Rosebery Estate. Included is a 'Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act, 1956, Notice of the amount of owners' rates payable in 1956-57 and of the effect of the third schedule to the act.' This details the amount of money due in relation to the owners' share in rates for the property; site spent shale bing, Livingston.143502: Minute of Agreement between the Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited.
Minute of Agreement between the Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited as to wayleave for minerals in the Lands of Charlesfield worked through Livingstone Estate, 1922. Details in the agreement that The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited renounced its lease on the mineral field held by them under lease and that Pumpherston Oil Company have allowed Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company to work the seams of minerals adjoining Lands of Charlesfield through Livingstone Estate. Contains no map or plan that is referred to in the minute of agreement.143503: Minute of Agreement between The Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian and Rosebery Estates and Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd.
Minute of Agreement between The Right Honourable Albert Edward Harry Mayer Archibald, Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian and Rosebery Estates and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited dated 29th April, 1930. Details the agreement to extend the minute of let and agreement between The Right Honourable Alber Edward Harry Mayer Archibald and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited for the period of thirty one years after 1924 and the furthers terms that this new agreement entails, including outlining the monies to be paid in relation to the working of shale on the lands. Includes two typed letters: Letter 1: Dated 17th September 1951 from Scottish Oils Limited which states that the Estates of Easter Breich and Livingston are now owned by Lord Primrose and that the minerals on those lands are worked by The Oakbank Oil Company under lease with Lord Primrose. Letter 2: Dated April 15th 1959 from The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Lord Primrose which states that The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited have decided to end their lease dated 1891 as of Martinmas 1959 and thereby terminate the said lease of the said minerals.143504: Minute of Agreement between The Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian, D.S.C., and Rosebery Estates and The Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd.
Minute of Agreement between The Right Honourable Albert Edward Harry Mayer Archibald, Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian, D.S.C., and Rosebery Estates and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited, 1938. Details the agreement between the Earl of Rosebery and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited with the Company renouncing their right to work Coal under a previous Minute of Agreement dated 1922. Includes plan showing working in No. 4 (Dunnet shale workings) and 7 (Fells shale workings) mines Deans under railway. Scale of plan is 1/2 inch = 1 chain.143505: Lease by Colonel James Henry Cowan of Boghall in favour of The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited Boghall Minerals
Lease by Colonel James Henry Cowan of Boghall in favour of The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited. Boghall Minerals Includes a detailed list on Page 14 of Ground required/taken off Deans Farm and the cost of materials associated with Deans Works. Includes a plan of Pumpherston Works dated 7th December 1958 which highlights the various plots of land mentined on Page 14. Scale of drawing is 0.75'' to 100'143506: Agreement between The London and North Eastern Railway Company and Colonel James Henry Cowan and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited.
Agreement between The London and North Eastern Railway Company and Colonel James Henry Cowan and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited - Shale under Railway passing through lands of Boghall, 1929. Details the agreement between Colonel James Henry Cowan and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited regarding the Company's working of the bituminous oil shales within the Boghall Estates and the challenge of The London and North Eastern Railway Company who state that they own the oil shale under the branch railway. Agreement then outlines the terms that The London and North Eastern Railway Company will permit The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to continue to work the shale in the Fell and Dunnet seams. Includes a plan titled 'Boghall Estate - Workings under Railway which shows the Fells, Broxburn and Dunnet shale workings. Scale of plan is 1/2 inch = 1 chain. Includes a plan of the Lands of Boghall which shows the No. 4 mine Dunnet shale workings, No. 7 mine Fells shale workings and where the London and North Eastern Railway line intersects these workings at relevant points referred to in the attached agreement. Scale is 1/2500 and the plan is dated 31/08/1926.143507: Lease between Sir John Denison Pender and Others (Sir John Pender's Trustees) and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited, 1903.
Lease between Sir John Denison Pender and Others (Sir John Pender's Trustees) and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited dated 1903. Details the agreement between Sir John Denison Pender and Others and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited with regards the Company working the whole seams of bituminous oil shales and also of coal (except gas or parrot coal) in the lands of Sir John Denison Pender and the Estate of Seafield, Blackburn and Whitehillin. Includes plan of the Estates of Boghall, Cousland, Redhouse, Wester, Middle and Easter Breich with the area referred to in the lease highlighted in pink. Scale is 1 and 1/2 inches to 20 Chains.143508: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. Trustees of the late Sir J. Pender
Agreement between the Trustees of the late Sir John Pender and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited re. Compensation for ground damaged under lease of Seafield minerals. Sewn with red stitches. Dated 1st & 9th February 1934, the document is accompanied by a map titled Plan No. I showing the area of 23.72 acres covered in the agreement in blue, the lands of Seafield in green outline, the roads in buff and the haulage road of 0.35 acres in red. The plan is undated and drawn to a scale of roughly 1:2500.143509: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. Trustees of the late John Young
Lease between the Trustees of the late John Young of Addiewell and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited. Document sewn with blue tape, dated 21st, 23rd, 26th & 29th September 1939. Two plans are bound with the lease document. The first is dated 29th September 1939 and shows the location of the property near Blackburn in red at a scale of roughly 1:10500. The second, also dated 29th September 1939 is titled Blackburn HallâWest Lothian: plan shewing building sites. At a scale of roughly 1:2500 the area concerned is outlined in buff with the houses and steadings being in red and green respectively.143510: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. Trustees of Miss F.M. & J.A. Maitland
Lease between the Trustees of Miss F.M. & Miss J.A. Maitland and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited. Sewn with pink thread and dated 9th January, 24th January and 1st February 1946. Document records the lease to the company of the oil shales under the lands of Grovemount in the Parish of Whitburn, West Lothian. Includes an untitled and undated plan at a scale of roughly 1;2500 showing the property concerned in pink outline, with the Bickerton and Foulshiels Burns in blue and the roads in buff.143511: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. Peter McLagan
Minute of Agreement between Charles Gibson McLagan and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited; Correspondence re. Feu Charter; Page 1. Dated 14th & 17th October 1902, registered 20th October 1902. Folder also contains correspondence between Miller Thompson Henderson & Co., solicitors and Scottish Oils Ltd. concerning the Feu Charter by Peter McLagan in favour of the Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd., dated 22nd June and recorded at the General Register of Sasines 11th July 1889.143512: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. Peter McLagan
Building Lease between Peter McLagan and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited (1886); Copy of Feu Charter by Peter McLagan in favour of The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited (1889); Correspondence re. Rents of Land under Mineral Lease between Mr A. Gibson and The Pumpherston Oil Company Ltd. dating from 11th June 1902 to 4th June, 1909; Correspondence re. Fencing of Ground at the River Almond Pump House (1935-1937); Lease between The Pumpherston Estates Ltd and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited (1943); Correspondence between Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co. Ltd and Miller, Thompson, Henderson & Co. Solicitors re. Building Leases (1976); Extract Registered, Building lease between Peter McLagan Esquire of Pumpherston and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited, dated October 1886143513: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. Charles Gibson McLagan
Lease between Charles Gibson McLagan and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited (original with M.T.H. [Miller Thompson Henderson & Co., Solicitors)]; Page 1. Dated 14th & 17th October 1902, registered 28th October 1902. Lease covers a property of 5.306 acres adjacent to the Camps Branch of the North British Railway, part of the entailed lands of Pumpherston in the parish of Mid Calder and the county of Edinburgh. A plan is attached showing the piece of ground in red and the railway line, accesses and buildings in blue, at a scale of roughly 1:2500.143514: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. Charles Gibson McLagan
Lease between Charles Gibson McLagan and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited; Page 3. Dated 4th & 17th October 1905 and registered 18th November 1905, the lease involves a piece of land next to the Camps Branch of the North British Railway. Also attached is a plan at the rough scale of 1:2500, dated August 1905 and signed by Alexander W. Macnaughtan, architect. This shows the land involved in pink, the Pumpherston works in grey, the roads in brown and areas of water in blue.143515: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. Charles Gibson McLagan
Lease between Charles Gibson McLagan and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited. Dated 4th & 17th October 1905 and registered 18th November 1905, the lease involves a piece of land next to the Pumpherston works where a new siding is to be built. Attached is a plan at the rough scale of 1:2500, dated August 1905 and signed by Alexander W. Macnaughtan, architect. This shows the land involved in pink, the Pumpherston works in grey, the roads in brown and areas of water in blue.143516: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. A. Gibson McLagan
Lease between Archibald Gibson McLagan and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited â Ground for Storage Tanks etc; Correspondence re. Ground held on lease. The lease is dated 11th & 18th October 1910 and registered 31st October 1910. Attached is a plan at the scale of 1:2500 showing the property of 8 acres, 28 poles in pink and the buildings in grey. The correspondence (from 1938) deals with the extension of the area covered by the lease (by 1 acre, 1 rood and 14 poles) so that bunding can be built around the new storage tanks. A plan at the scale of 1:2500 accompanies the correspondence, dated 13th September 1938. It is titled Plan showing extra ground coloured blue, taken off outwith the building lease area, in order to form bund round the three storage tanks nos. 31â32â33. The building lease area of October 1910 is coloured pink. A final letter from 1951 is also attached which concerns the construction of a diesel storage tank nearby requiring the further extension of the lease area.143517: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. Pumpherston Estates Ltd.
Lease between The Pumpherston Estates Limited and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited - Sites of Baths and Laboratory and Site of New Water Pump House, at Pumpherston Oil Works. Dated 6th and 24th July 1942 and recorded 29th August 1942. The lease is accompanied by a plan at the scale of 1:2500 showing the location of the new baths in pink (0.96 acres), the laboratory (0.48 acres) in yellow, and the pump house (0.103 acres) in blue. The plan is dated 5.8.1940 and is titled Plan showing additional ground to be taken in by site of new laboratory and baths at Pumpherston Works also site of new water pump house at West Pond.143518: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. Pumpherston Estates Ltd.
Lease between The Pumpherston Estates Limited and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited - 3 pieces of Ground for Works Canteen, Wax Store and extension of Railway Siding; Correspondence re. raising a building on Ground. Dated 16th & 27th March 1944 and recorded 14th April. Contains a plan at the scale of 1:2500 titled Plan shewing additional ground taken in by site of proposed wax store at Pumpherston Works, dated October 1942. This shows the three areas concerned in yellow (0.52 acres), blue (2.0180acres) and red (2.278 acres). Also included are letters from Condie, Mackenzie & Co., W.S. dated 24th September 1946 and 8th March, 1960. These concern the erection of new buildings and plant on part of the third of these pieces of land and are accompanied by an amended version of the same plan dated 17th September 1946. This shows the division of the plot into two areas indicated in red (1.00 acres) and green (1.278 acres) hatching, with a note indicating the rent payable on the latter area from 6th March 1950.143519: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. Trustees of the late Sir John Pender
Feu Disposition by the Trustees of the late Sir John Pender in favour of The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited - Farm of Seafield. Concerns a property of 1.156 acres on the Seafield Estate and is dated 16th and 21st April 1951. A plan at the rough scale of 1:960 is attached which shows the property in pink.143520: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. National Coal Board
Disposition and Assignation by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of the National Coal Board (1953); Deed of Assumption, Conveyance and Resignation by Robert Young Gilchrist as Trustee ut intus in favour of the Trustees for the Woolford Miners' Welfare Society (1961). The first document (2 copies, dated 8th November 1953) records the sale of a property of 1.27 acres (with 46 houses) at Woolfords Highway to the NCB for the sum of £2726. The second document from 1961 records the resignation of Robert Young Gilchrist, secretary of BP Refinery (Grangemouth) Limited as trustee of the Woolford Miners' Welfare Society and the appointment as trustees of George Robert Buchanan, Alexander Moffat, William Bannerman, Patrick Tague and Thomas Linton.143521: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. Secretary of State for War Department
Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the War Department - Oil Works at Livingston. Dated 20th April 1955, this records the sale to the War Department of two pieces of land at Livingston Station for £7500. A 1:2500 scale map (dated November 1953) accompanies this document. Titled Livingston, it was prepared by the Lands BranchâH.Q. Scottish CommandâEdinburgh. It shows the location of the two pieces of land, one in pink (7.616 acres), the other in green (1.138 acres) and both bordered in red.143522: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. J. Findlay - Mid Breich Farm
Let of Mid Breich Farm to Mr John Findlay. Collection of correspondence between the company and John Findlay, who leased the farm from 1939, and later with his son John Findlay Jr. A large map at a rough scale of 1:2500 accompanies the file. Titled Plan of Mid Breich Farm, it has been amended by hand many times and shows the property of 112 acres or thereby in much detail. Two further plans are included in the correspondence, both to the same scale. One, from 1959,shows the lease of the former recreation ground at Mid Breich to the farmer. The other, titled Plan referred to in letter dated 16th May 1963 to Mr John Findlay, Mid Breich Farm shows in red the ground and buildings at Breich Pit that the farmer is now permitted to use at no cost. Other letters coverthe permission granted to the Seafield and District Angling Club to fish the Almond at Seafield, the state of the farm buildings and the installation of land drains in the former recreation ground.143523: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. Sir Simon MacDonald Lockhart
Minute of Agreement between Sir Simon MacDonald Lockhart and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited, containing Disposition to the Company of piece of ground on farm of Southtown, spring of waters thereon, and right of Wayleave. The document is dated 26th March and 20th April 1914 and concerns a piece of ground 16 feet by 12 feet along with the spring that rises there and the wayleave 6 feet by 290 yards commencing at the spring and running to the boundary between Sir Simon MacDonald Lockhart's lands and the Dykehead lands. An untitled map (no scale given) is attached showing the spring (the intake well) and the wayleave in red, with the public road between Carnwath and Edinburgh marked in buff. The whole document is stitched with blue thread.143866: Conveyance by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Livingston Development Corporation of Lands and Estate of Knightsridge Livingston. Dated 1968.
Conveyance by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Livingston Development Corporation of Lands and Estate of Knightsridge Livingston. Dated 1968. Details the sale of land and estate at Knightsridge and Dechmont Law by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to the Livingston Development Corporation for the total sum of £25,300. Included is a collection of correspondence between The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited and A.J. Meldrum Esq of Dechmont House, Uphall dated 21st November 1922 until the 26th February 1923. The letters discuss the erection of a boundary fence between Dechmont Law and Lands of Knightsridge. Included is a plan which highlight in red the proposed fence. The scale of the plan is 1inch=200ft.143867: Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Ritchie Brothers regarding 0.647 acre at Seafield, West Lothian. Dated 1966.
Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Ritchie Brothers regarding 0.647 acre at Seafield, West Lothian. Dated 1966. Details the sale of the plot of land in Seafield by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to the Ritchie Brothers for the sum of £410.143868: Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of The District of East Calder.
Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of The District of East Calder. Subjects: Pumpherston Institute, Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, Midlothian. Dated 1970. Details the sale of land in Pumpherston, on the east side of Uphall Station Road by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to The District of East Calder for the sum of £3500. Includes a plan referred to in the disposition with the area highlighted in red. The scale of the plan is 1/2500.143870: Excambion between The Pumpherston Estates Limited and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited. Date of Entry Martinmas 1965. Sealed 20th March 1967.
Excambion between The Pumpherston Estates Limited and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited. Date of Entry Martinmas 1965. Sealed 20th March 1967. Excambion (exchange of land) between The Pumpherston Estates Limited and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited of the area of ground part of the lands and estate of Pumpherston in the Village of Pumpherston. Includes a plan of Pumpherston South Village, the area referred to in the excambion. The areas referred to are highlighted in red, blue and yellow. The scale of the plan is 1"=30'.143871: Lease in favour of The Pumpherston Estates Limited of lease of, subjects at Pumpherston Mains, to extent of 2.90 acres. Dated 1973.
Lease in favour of The Pumpherston Estates Limited of lease of, subjects at Pumpherston Mains, to extent of 2.90 acres. Dated 1973. Details the agreement between Peter McLagan Esquire of Pumpherston and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited regarding leasing a piece of ground part of the lands and estate of Pumpherston. Includes plan of the area referred to in the agreement. The plan is unscaled.143872: Renunciation by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of The Pumpherston Estates Limited.
Renunciation by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of The Pumpherston Estates Limited of lease of triangular area of 3 acres at Pumpheston Mains. Dated 1973. Details the renunciation by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited of a triangular piece of ground part of the lands of Pumpherston Main to The Pumpherston Estates, including any buildings on said land. Included is the lease between Archibald Gibson McLagan Esquire of Pumpheston and Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited dated 1920. Includes a plan of the area referred to in the lease highlighted in pink. Plan is undated and has no scale.143874: Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Murdoch Mackenzie Limited. Subjects: Ground at Mid Breich, West Lothian. Dated 1969.
Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Murdoch Mackenzie Limited. Subjects: Ground at Mid Breich, West Lothian. Dated 1969. Details the sale of two areas of ground in the County of West Lothian, and the Mid Town and Middle Farm of Breich by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Murdoch Mackenzie Limited for the sum of £284. Included: 1. Letter from Murdoch Mackenzie Limited to Scottish Oils Limited regarding the request to purchase a piece of rough ground next to their concrete depot at Westwood. Dated 20th May 1968 'Request to buy a small piece of rough ground at Westwood. Attached is an unscaled plan of propsed land outlined in green. 2. Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Murdoch MacKenzie Limited including Scale Plan 1/2500 of area in question edged in red 3. Plan dated 28.6.65 of Middleton Hall. Scale of the plan is 1/250. Area edged red 4.700acres (British Rail), area edged green 1.346acres. 4. Plan refered to B.P. Refinery (Grangemouth) Ltd Ref. No. 291762. Dated 17/7/68. Area edged red = 1.36 acres. Scale of plan is 1 inch = 200ft. 5. Plan refered to B.P. Refinery (Grangemouth) Ltd Ref. No. 291761. Dated 17/7/68. Area edged red = 1.58[3]acres. Area edged pink = 1.36 acres. Scale of plan is 1inch=200ft. 6. Unscaled plan showing areas edged in red and blue. 7. Plan of 'Motherwell, 11th June 1968. This is the plan refered to in our offer of even date.' Area edged green = 1.346 acres143875: Minute of Lease between The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited and South of Scotland Electricity Board. Dated 1975.
Minute of Lease between The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited and South of Scotland Electricity Board. Dated 1975. Details the agreement between The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited and the South of Scotland Electricity Board to lease a piece of ground part of the lands and Estate of Pumpherston within the Parish of Mid-Calder with the sum of five pence per annum payable yearly in rent. Includes a plan 'Pumpherston - Scottish Oils Limited, Proposed Sub Station Site' which highlights the proposed area in red. Dated 12/05/1970 and the scale of the plan is 1/2500. Includes correspondence dating from 15th January 1975 to 13th May 1975 regarding the agreement between The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited and the South of Scotland Electricity Board and the proposed sub station at Pumpherston. Attached is a draft lease. Includes Extract Registered, Minute of Lease between The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited and South of Scotland Electricity Board, dated 23rd April 1975. Relates to the agreement regarding the proposed site of the sub station at Pumpherston. Attached is a copy of the plan referred to above.143879: Disposition by The Pumpherston Estates Limited in favour of Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited, dated 6th October 1975.
Disposition by The Pumpherston Estates Limited in favour of Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited, dated 6th October 1975. (2 copies) Details the sale of a piece of ground by the Pumpherston Estates Limited to Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited in the lands of Pumpherston extending to one acre two roods and twenty one poles and one half pole for the sum of £646.20.143880: Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Norman Ritchie and John Ritchie, as Trustees for Ritchie Brothers. Dated 1965.
Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Norman Ritchie and John Ritchie, as Trustees for Ritchie Brothers. Dated 1965. Details the sale of an area of ground of the Lands and Estate of Seafield by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to the Ritchie Brothers for the sum of £600. Includes plan of proposed area referred to in the disposition and highlighted in red. Scale of the plan is 1 inch = 40ft.143882: Disposition and Assignation by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Livingston Development Corporation.
Disposition and Assignation by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited, 53 Bothwell Street, Glasgow G2 in favour of Livingston Development Corporation of Subjects at Livingston Station, 1964. Details the sale of the piece of ground lying on the north east side of the Main Street of Livingston Station Village by the Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to the Livingston Development Corporation.143883: Supplementary Agreement between The British Railways Board and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited
Supplementary Agreement between The British Railways Board and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited regarding Commutation of Term Rent for £5-0-0. Agreement dated 6th and 28th September 1966. Details payment of £5-0-0 by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to The British Railways Board and the awknowledgment that no further annual payments shall be payable. Note in red ink at the top of agreement states that agreement refers to 18" pipe under Camps Branch to the Bank Burn at East Calder.143884: Supplementary Agreement between The British Railways Board and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited.
Supplementary Agreement between The British Railways Board and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited, commutation of term payment for £2-10-0. Agreement dated 6th and 28th September 1966. Details the sum of £2-10-0 paid by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to The British Railways Board and the awknowledgment that no further annual payments shall be payable. Note in red ink at the top states that the agreement refers to a 12" pipe under Camps Branch Railway at Uphall.143885: Disposition by Wester Breich Syndicate Limited to The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited. Dated 6th October 1906.
Disposition by Wester Breich Syndicate Limited to The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited. Dated 6th October 1906. Hand written disposition which details The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited considering an offer of eleven thousand pounds Sterling in connection to lands of Briech and Farm of Auchenhard and Wester Briech Dike Farm.143888: Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of William Russell, regarding 6.589 acres at Mid Breich, West Calder. Dated 1965.
Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of William Russell, regarding 6.589 acres at Mid Breich, West Calder. Dated 1965. Details the sale of the piece of irregular shaped area or piece of ground extending to six acres and five hundred and eighty-nine decimal one the south east side of the access road. Included is a black and white copy of a plan of the proposed site, with the boudary highlighted in black.143889: Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of David Finlayson, trading as Scottish Plan Hirers.
Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of David Finlayson, trading as Scottish Plan Hirers. Subject - Two plots or areas of ground, extending together to 8.922 acres, part of the Lands of Mid Breich, West Calder. Dated 1965. Details the sale, by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited, of the plot of ground lying on the northwest side of the public road leading from Blackburn to Mid Calder to David Finlayson for the sum of £250.143890: Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Walter Lewis.
Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Walter Lewis. Subjects - Two plots or areas of ground part of the lands of Mid Breich, West Calder. Dated 1964. Details the sale, by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited, of plot of ground lying on the north west side of the public road leading from Blackburn to Mid Calder to Walter Lewis for the sum of £1500. Includes a plan of the area referred to in the disposition. Plot 1 edged in red 13.216 acres Plot 2 edged in green 2.183 acres. Scale of plan is 1/2500.143899: Middleton, Addiewell
Five photocopies of dispositions and other legal documents: Disposition by Sir James Pender in favour of the Broxburn Oil Company Limited of the Lands of Middleton, handwritten, dated 1899. A photocopy of a section of a plan shows a hotel facing the Edinburgh and Glasgow turnpike road; Disposition by the Broxburn Oil Company Limited in favour of Scottish Oils Limited, handwritten, dated 1922, covering the lands at Middleton on the south side of Main Street Uphall. No plan included; Disposition by Sir David McCowan and others as Trustees ut intus in favour of Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Ltd, typed, dated 1934, concerning various lands held by Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Ltd. Citing earlier transfers of land ownership at Broadyett, Breichmill, Polbeth, Bogside and Inchcross at dates ranging from 1865 to 1906. No plans and not fully legible; Lease by Archibald McLagan to Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company. Extract from Scottish Records Office of lease by Archibald McLagan to Young's PL&MOCo. Covering an area north of Uphall oil works. Dated 1919; Search for Incumbrances over Subjects Lands of Middleton etc, dated 1960.143900: BPO - Motherwell (Sale of Middleton Hall offices)
A file, previously punched and bound, relating to the Middleton Hall and adjoining estate, and their disposal to Motherwell Bridge (Holdings) Ltd: Report and Valuation conducted for Motherwell Bridge Thermal of office premises etc known as Middleton Hall, Uphall, dated 1967; Copy disposition by BP Refinery (Grangemouth) Limited and Scottish Oils Limited with consent ut intus in favour of Motherwell Bridge (Holdings) Ltd for the premises, dated 1970. Also a typewritten version of the disposition. This include a list of all residents of Burnside Rd., Middleton Rd. Middleton Avenue, Loaninghall Cottages, and Westhall Gardens; Various sketch maps / plans showing services, liability for road maintenance, etc. including one sketch showing Scottish Oils Ltd's use of bays within Middleton Hall workshops; Various correspondence between BP Refinery (Grangemouth) Limited and Motherwell Bridge (Holdings) Ltd143903: Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd. - Sir Simon MacDonald Lockhart
Page 127; Minute of Agreement between the Trustees of the late Sir Simon MacDonald Lockhart and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited, concerning an additional water supply for 'Tarbrax' from spring on Southtown Farm, dated 1925. Includes an ink sketch on waxed linen showing intake arrangements at Dryburn bridge