BP Archive (Numerical list)
215969: Disposition - 41 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh
Photocopy relating to Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Benjamin Duffin, 41 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh. Now at care of Chapman, One hundred and Thirty Six Millgate, Winchburgh Dated Fifth day of January, Nineteen hundred and sixty eight Also detailed plans one in black and white the other in colour showing highlighted area edged in red Scale of maps 1:2500215970: Disposition - 39 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh
Photocopy relating to Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) with the consent of Andrew Cheyne Donaldson and Mrs Janet Collins Edgar or Donaldson 39 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh in favour of the County Council of the County of West Lothian Dated Ninth day of November, Nineteen hundred and sixty seven Also detailed plans one in black and white the other in colour showing highlighted area edged in red Scale of maps 1:2500215971: Disposition - 19 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh
Photocopy relating to Disposition by BP-Japan Oil Development Company Limited (formaly named The Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited, 19 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh. Dated Twenty Fifth day of June, Nineteen hundred and seventy six Also detailed plans one in black and white the other in colour showing highlighted area edged in red Scale of maps 1:2500215972: Disposition - 33 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh
Photocopy relating to Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Mrs Dorothy Mary Muckell or Turner, 33 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh. Dated Thirtieth day of April, Nineteen hundred and Seventy one Also detailed plans one in black and white the other in colour showing highlighted area edged in red Scale of maps 1:2500215973: Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of William Anderson, 31 [...]
Photocopy relating to Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of William Anderson, 31 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh. Dated Nineteen hundred and sixty Eight Also detailed plans one in black and white the other in colour showing highlighted area edged in red Scale of maps 1:2500215974: Disposition - 30 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh
Photocopy relating to Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Thomas Gray, 30 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh. Now at One hundred and fifty three Glendevon Park, Winchburgh. Dated Twentieth day of August, Nineteen hundred and sixty nine Also detailed plans one in black and white the other in colour showing highlighted area edged in red Scale of maps 1:2500215975: Disposition - 26 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh.
Photocopy relating to Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) with the consent of William Nairn Carmichael Blyth in favour of George McLeod, 26 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh. Dated Twenty seventh day of October, Nineteen hundred and sixty seven Also detailed plans one in black and white the other in colour showing highlighted area edged in red Scale of maps 1:2500215976: Disposition - 24 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh.
Photocopy relating to Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of David William Duke and Mrs Irene Robb Finlayson or Duke, 24 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh. Dated Twenty Fifth day of September, Nineteen hundred and sixty seven Also detailed plans one in black and white the other two in colour showing highlighted area edged in red Scale of maps 1:2500215977: Disposition - 23 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh.
Photocopy relating to Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of John Patrick D'Alton, 23 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh. Dated Seventh day of July, Nineteen hundred and sixty seven Also detailed plans one in black and white the other in colour showing highlighted area edged in red Scale of maps 1:2500215978: Disposition - 21 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh
Photocopy relating to Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Robert McKenzie Henderson, 21 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh. Dated First day of April, Nineteen hundred and sixty nine Also detailed plans one in black and white the other in colour showing highlighted area edged in red Scale of maps 1:2500215979: Disposition by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with consent of Mrs Jessie Paterson, residing at Nineteen Sunnyside Road, [...]
Photocopy. To- Disposition by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with consent of Mrs Jessie Paterson, residing at Nineteen Sunnyside Road, Bryn, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Near Wigan, Lamcashire who bought in favour of the County Council of the County of West Lothian Dated Twenty seventh day of November, Nineteen hundred and sixty seven Also detailed plans one in black and white the other in colour showing highlighted area edged in red Scale of maps 1:2500215980: Disposition - No 76 Main Street, Winchburgh.
Photocopy relating to No 76 Main Street, Winchburgh.215981: Disposition - No 74 Main Street, Winchburgh
Photocopy relating to No 74 Main Street, Winchburgh.215982: Disposition - No 72 Main Street, Winchburgh
Photocopy relating to No 72 Main Street, Winchburgh.215983: Disposition - No 70 Main Street, Winchburgh.
Copy Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) dated 14 November 1967 signed by their Attorney W.B. Peuthrer, in favour of James Quate relating to No 70 Main Street, Winchburgh. There is a plan attached with the property edged Red and roads to be maintained by all feuars coloured Brown, Yellow and Blue with a scale 1 inch = 30 feet. There is also a location plan inset with a Scale 1/2500.215984: Disposition - No. 68 Main Street, Winchburgh.
Copy Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) dated 27 December 1967 signed by their Attorney W.B. Peuthrer, in favour of David Knipe Shedden relating to No. 68 Main Street, Winchburgh. There is a plan attached with the property edged Red and roads to be maintained by all feuars coloured Brown, Yellow and Blue with a scale 1 inch = 30 feet. There is also a location plan inset with a Scale 1/2500.215985: Disposition - No. 66 Main Street, Winchburgh.
Copy Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) dated 23 January 1968 signed by their Attorney W.B. Peuthrer, in favour of John Corstorphine relating to No. 66 Main Street, Winchburgh. There is a plan attached with the property edged Red and roads to be maintained by all feuars coloured Brown, Yellow and Blue with a scale 1 inch = 30 feet. There is also a location plan inset with a Scale 1/2500.215986: Disposition - No. 60 Main Street, Winchburgh.
Copy Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) dated 9 October 1968 signed by their Attorney W.B. Peuthrer, in favour of Miss Janet Morrison White relating to No. 60 Main Street, Winchburgh. There is a plan attached with the property edged Red and roads to be maintained by all feuars coloured Brown, Yellow and Blue with a scale 1 inch = 30 feet. There is also a location plan inset with a Scale 1/2500.215987: Disposition - 109 dwelling houses at "The Rows", Winchburgh
Copy Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly Oakbank Oil Company Limited) dated 10 March 1971 signed by their Attorney F. B. Cook, in favour of the County Council of the County of West Lothian relation to 109 dwelling houses at "The Rows", Winchburgh, namely Craighton Place,Abercorn Place, Midhope Place, Main Street, Oakbank Place and Castle Terrace.215988: Disposition - Rose Cottage, Niddry.
Copy Disposition by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil company dated 1 November 1972 and signed by F. M. Cook, Director in favour of David Thomson relating to Rose Cottage, Niddry, Winchburgh. There is a plan attached with the property edged Red and a scale 1 inch = 20 feet. There is also associated correspondence attached.215989: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board for overhead line to supply Uphall [...]
Copy agreement dated 20 November 1958, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to power supply to Pumping Station, at Uphall. There is a plan attached No. 2867/M2215990: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board for supply to Holmes Cottages Uphall.
Copy agreement dated 28 September 1959, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to supply to Holmes Cottages Uphall. There is a plan attached DRWG No. W-497.215991: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board, supply to Addiewell Bonded Warehouse.
Copy agreement dated 9 March 1965, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to supply at Addiewell Bonded Warehouse, land near Addiewell Station. There is a Plan attached DRG. No. W2422 dated 16 October 1963.215992: Minute of Lease between Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited and South of Scotland Electricity Board, Addiewell Transformer Station
Minute of Lease signed by William Fraser and John Martin Caldwell, Directors and dated 12 & 29 September 1955 relating to a piece of ground at Livingstone Street Addiewell for a proposed transformer substation. There is a plan attached ref. DRG NO. SS 421 with the proposed site coloured Red. The plan has been signed by the above Directors and the Scale is given as 1/2500.215993: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board related to supply to new primary [...]
Copy agreement dated 22 December 1958, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to Beechwood Cottages, new primary school and reinforcement of supply at Uphall Station. There is a plan attached W-305.215994: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board supply at Uphall Station.
Copy agreement dated 10 May 1960, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to lands at Uphall Station. There is a pla nn attached DRWG 119 W893.215995: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity relating to lands at Winchburgh.
Copy agreement dated 3 May 1962, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to L.V. reinforcement at Main Street and Oakbank Place, Winchburgh. There is a plan attached DRWG No. W 1786.215996: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board, land at Broxburn.
Copy agreement dated 28 June 1962, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to undergrounding of L.V. overhead line at Albyn Cottages Broxburn. There is a plan attached DRWG No. W1923.215997: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board, Bathgate - Broxburn 33 KV Supplies.
Copy agreement dated 26 July 1962, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to Bathgate - Broxburn 33 KV. supplies at Uphall Station. There is a plan attached DRWG No. W 1895.215998: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board, Roman Camps supply.
Copy agreement dated 19 December 1963, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to land at Roman Camp Cottages. There is a plan attached DRG. No. W2408.215999: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board, Roman Camps supply.
Copy agreement dated 29 January 1964, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to land adjacent to Roman Camp Cottages.217000: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board, supply at Pumpherston.
Copy agreement dated 9 March 1965, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to the supply to Scottish Oils houses at Pumpherston. There is a plan attached DRWG No. W 2410c.217001: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board, supply at Pumpherston.
Copy agreement dated 18 October 1965, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to supply to Scottish Oils houses Pumpherston. There is a plan attached DRWG No. W 2410c.217002: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board, supply at Institute Hall Oakbank.
Copy agreement dated 23 May 1967, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to additional load at the Institute Hall, Oakbank. There is a drawing DRG No. W 3881/2.217003: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board, supply at Baads Coal Mine.
Copy agreement dated 4 September 1956, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to consent to wayleave for new section of overhead line and erection of an additional pole in connection with their supply to Baads Coal Mine. There is a plan attached Print No. 1626 dated 28.8.56.217004: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board, supply at Chemical Works Bathgate.
Copy agreement dated 12 June 1956, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to consent for the placing on our property at Bathgate low tension electric line (partly overhead and partly underground) to supply 2 Cottages, Chemical Works Bathgate. There is a plan attached, no drawing number.217005: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board, Stoneyburn H.V. Reinforcement.
Copy agreement dated 6 October 1964, with South of Scotland Electricity Board relating to H.V. Reinforcement at Stoneyburn West Lothian. There is a plan attached DRG. No. W2262(B).217006: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with South of Scotland Electricity Board - 11KV Line from Loganlea to West Calder.
Copy agreement with South of Scotland Electricity Board dated 14 September 1961, relating to installation of 11kv line from Loganlea to West Calder. The plan attached has a scale 1/2500 being 25.344 inches to a statute mile or 208.33 feet to 1 inch.217007: Feu Disposition by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited in favour of South of Scotland Electricity Board for proposed 33kv [...]
Copy Feu Disposition by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited in favour of South of Scotland Electricity Board for proposed 33kv electrical sub-station at Burngrange West Calder dated 26 September 1958 and signed by John Martin Caldwell and John Paterson, Directors. There is a Plan attached DRGW. NO. 2708/S1. with the said plot of ground coloured Pink and the access road coloured Green. There is also a Certificate of Redemption of Land Tax related to Farm of Burngrange dated 25 April 1952.217008: Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum and Articles of Association of James Ross & Company Philpstoun Oil Works Limited dated 12 June 1918.
Certification of incorporation etc relating to change of status for James Ross & Company to a limited company in 1918. The Certificate of Incorporation has been signed by Kenneth Mackenzie, Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and the names of the Subscribers given on the Memorandum and Articles of Association are Robert Crichton and J.F. Sutherland.217009: Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited, Plan showing Railway between Uphall Works and Hopetoun Works dated 11 August 1884.
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited, Plan showing Railway between Uphall Works and Hopetoun Works.217010: North British Railways, Scale of Rates chargeable under agreement with Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited dated 1 October 1870.
North British Railways, Scale of Rates chargeable under agreement with Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited dated 1 October 1880. The rates are per ton of 2240 lbs. station to station and are from 1 mile to 200 miles. The are rates given for use of either Company's wagons or Owner's wagons.217011: The Manufacture of Shale-Lime Bricks at the Pumpherston Brickworks of Scottish Oils Limited
Preprint of paper by A Anderson and J McCallum of Scottish Oils Ltd. to be presented at the Technical Session of the Conference at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, 3rd to 7th July 1950. The paper traces the history of brickmaking at Pumpherston fromearly 1934 and details including flow sheets of the manufacturing process.217012: Beginnings of the Scottish mineral oil industry, 2 part article by Owen Colverd on legal battles by James Young to protect his Patents between [...]
Two part article from the Petroleum Reviews of October and November 1973 about the beginning of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry. The articles are written by Owen Colverd and deal mainly with the struggle James Young had against those who sought to infringe his patent on both sides of the Atlantic between 1850 and 1864. The 2nd. article contains photographs of operations at Westwood Works.217013: Shale Mines (Scotland) Mines and Pits Sunk, 1851 to 1947.
Undated set of papers associated with summarising the mines and pits sunk in the Scottish Shale Oil Industry between 1851 and 1947. The first paper, in tabular form, is a register of the shale mines and pits worked by the Companies which merged to form Scottish Oils in the 1920's. These companies were the; Broxburn Oil Company; Oakbank Oil Company; Pumpherston Oil Company and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company. The Register lists sites owned and mines and pits worked by the Companies as well as the mineral seams and final date abandoned. There is also a column detailing landowners, compensation payments incurred by the Company and other information taken from the books which may have some relevance. The second paper dated, 7 October 1947, is a working paper prepared by Alexander Davidson, Broxburn Works and details information on mines and pits sunks requested by John Patterson, Director. It contains hand written information.217014: Notes on history of Tarbrax, Crude Oil Works, Shale Mines and Village.
Photocopy of undated typed document providing summary information on history of Tarbrax Village, its shale oil operations, housing and population.217015: Notes on the Pumpherston Oil Company Limited giving a brief history of its founding and operations.
Photocopy of typed document providing summary information on the Pumpherston Oil Company Limited. The paper is dated 13 June 1962. Also attached is a page from the May 1971 edition of Chemistry and Industry which gives a brief history of Pumpherston.217016: Scottish Shale Restoration Project-Notes dated 23 March 1993 by I.W. Smith on the Albyn Oil Works, Broxburn.
Typed document providing short history of the Albyn Oil Works, Broxburn by Ian Smith dated 23 March 1993. Also includes a photocopy plan of Albyn Oil Works dated 1916.217017: An Assembly of Evidence to describe the State of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry in the decade 1910/1920, with notes on the pre-1910 and post [...]
Photocopy of document prepared by D Stewart in 1966 containing history of the industry, many facts, figures and statistics and geological information of the shale fields. .217018: Agreement by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited with Mr R M Cairns, Glendevon Garage, Winchburgh concerning a connection to [...]
Copy agreement with Mr R M Cairns for the privilege of making a connection to our sewage system at a collecting tank adjacent to the Glendevon Cottage. Includes 'Plan showing drainage at Glendevon Mine'. Dated 24th April 1956. Shows mine office, Glendevon office, connections to field drain. No scale217019: Sale by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company Limited to Mr J McCabe of Hopetoun Works Baths
Agreement for the sale of Hopetoun Works Baths by Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil co. Ltd. to Mr J McCabe. Includes various correspondence concerning the sale including water supply with plan showing Young's water supply and supply to the house at Faucheldean Scale 1 to 2500. Also includes large plan in 2 parts. First is a site plan showing the location of the Baths, the Hopetoun Works, Grendyke Cottages and farm. Scale 6" to 1 mile. second part shows the layout of the bath building with boundaries marked in red. Scale 0.25" to 10'.217020: Disposition - piece of ground, part of the Farm of Niddry
Photocopy of disposition by Young's Parafin Light & Mineral Oil Co td in favour of Hon. Charles William Frederick, Marquess of Linlithgow, relating to piece of ground, part of the Farm of Niddry, West Lothian. Dated 12th May 1964. Type written with signatures.