Spring Road Trip Drive To Visit Philpstoun West Lothian Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring travel video, with Scottish music, on May ancestry visit to Philpstoun in West Lothian. Situated roughly 2 miles East of the historic county town of Linlithgow, the village is surrounded by rich arable farm land originated in the oil shale mining boom of the 19th century. The bulk of the village lies between the Union Canal and the Glasgow to Edinburgh railway line, although the easternmost part, Old Philpstoun, lies north of the railway and closer to the M9 motorway. Philpstoun railway station closed in 1951 and Philpstoun and District Bowling Club closed in February 2012. The surname Phillips was first found in Kent, England, where legend has it that the family is descended from Maximus, the Briton, Roman Emperor from 383 until his death in 388, and the King of Britain, when he married the daughter of Octavius, King of the Britons. The spelling variations of the name Phillips have included Phillips, Philips, Phillip, Philip, Pilip, Pillips, Fillip, Filip, Filips, Phillipes, Philipes, Phillup, Philups, Fillups, Filups, Pilups, Pillups, Fulop and many more. Bridget Phillips, was an Irish convict who was convicted in Dublin, Ireland for 7 years, and transported aboard the ship Atlas on 29th November 1801, arriving in New South Wales, Australia, she died in 1811 when she was executed; Eleanor Phillips, aged 28 was born in Kenwyn, Cornwall, England and convicted and transported aboard the ship Mary Ann in 1821 to Van Diemen's Land, Tasmania, Australia; Catherine Phillips, aged 38, was a British settler who travelled from Gravesend aboard the ship Lord William Bentinck arriving in Wellington, New Zealand on 24th May 1841; Diana Phillips landed in Nova Scotia, Canada. in 1750; Eleonor Phillips arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1750; Elinor and Henry Phillips settled in Virginia, America, in 1623; George Phillips settled in Salem, Massachusetts, America, in 1630; Bartholmew Phillips landed in Maryland, America, in 1637; Day Phillips landed in Virginia, America, in 1648; Alice Phillips arrived in Maryland, America, in 1648. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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