Old Photograph Whitburn Scotland

Old photograph of Whitburn in West Lothian, Scotland. This small Scottish town is located halfway between Scotlands's two largest cities, being about 27 miles east of Glasgow and 23 miles west of Edinburgh. Elizabeth Paton or Bishop, mother of the first illegitimate child of Robert Burns, Elizabeth Paton Burns, married John Bishop, factor to the Laird of Polkemmet and was buried in the Whitburn churchyard.



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