Tour Scotland Video Interior St Michael's Parish Church Linlithgow

Tour Scotland travel video of the interior of St Michael's Parish Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Linlithgow. King David I of Scotland granted a charter for the establishment of the church in 1138. The church was built on the site of an older church and was consecrated in 1242. Following a fire in 1424, most of the present building dates from the mid 15th century, with extensive restorations in the 19th century. Linlithgow is located in the north east of West Lothian, close to the border with Stirlingshire. It lies 20 miles west of Edinburgh along the main railway route to Glasgow. Before the construction of the M8 & M9 motorways and the opening of the Forth Road Bridge, the town lay on the main road from Edinburgh to Stirling, Perth, Perthshire, and Inverness in the Highlands, while the canal system linked the burgh to Edinburgh and Glasgow. The nearby village of Blackness once served as the burgh's port. Linlithgow is overlooked by its local hill, Cockleroi.

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