Old Photograph Children Broxburn Scotland

Old photograph of children on the main street in Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland. The village that later became Broxburn probably originated around 1350 when Margery le Cheyne inherited the eastern half of the Barony of Strathbrock, Easter Strathbrock, on the death of her father, Sir Reginald le Cheyne III. The hamlet that grew up around her residence was then called Eastertoun, eastern town, after the land on which it stood. The lands of Strathbrock were earlier owned by Freskin the Fleming, granted to him under a charter from King David I. Eastertoun was burned to the ground sometime in 1443 during a conflict between William, Earl of Douglas, Lieutenant General of Scotland, and William, Lord Crichton, Chancellor of Scotland. It was destroyed again in 1455 during fighting between the Douglases and King James II. After the conflict, peace was regained and the town was gradually resettled. The village was renamed Broxburn in 1600 by Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington, Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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