HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



the Firth of Forth. Towards the South-east and 

 South - west the Waters of Ahnond and Breich 

 separate it from Edinburgh Shire, and towards 

 the North-west it is parted from Stirling Shire 

 by the water of Even. Towards the West it hath 

 part of Clydsdale. The length of the Shire from 

 the mouth of Almond at Nether Cramond to Bed- 

 lormie is fourteen miles, and the breadth of it, 

 where it is broadest, from Borrowstoness upon the 

 Firth of Forth, to Almond Fala, will be some Nine 

 miles. The figure of it is unequal, and such is the 

 Quality of the Soil. The West part is mountain- 

 ous and hilly, and the North-side and the East is 

 plain and level ; and the middle part sloaps much 

 from the bights, both to the North - west and 

 South-east. The South-west part is well watered 

 with the Bourns which glide through it, and so is 

 the North side and middle part." Stirlingshire, 

 Sir Bobert further states, "hath now for Bounds 

 towards the West, Dumbartonshire, and for 

 Marches there. Loch Lomund, and the Waters of 

 Blane and Ainrick : and it has to the South, 

 part of Dumbartonshire and Clydsdale : and to 

 the East it hath Linlithgowshire : and towards 

 the North, it is limited by the River and Firth of 

 Forth. Where it is longest, that is at the North- 

 west point, where it joyneth with Dundaff-Moor 

 in Lennox, to the Nunnerie of Emanuel ^ upon 

 Avon water, which is to the East, the March 

 betwixt it and Linlithgow-shire, it will be twenty 



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