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Cobbinshaw

Field	Value
country	Scotland
static_image_name	Fishermen's Jetty at Cobbinshaw Reservoir - geograph.org.uk - 618321.jpg
static_image_caption	Fishermen's Jetty at Cobbinshaw Reservoir
coordinates
official_name	Cobbinshaw
os_grid_reference	NT011577
civil_parish	West Calder
lieutenancy_scotland	West Lothian
unitary_scotland	West Lothian
constituency_westminster	Livingston
constituency_scottish_parliament	Almond Valley
post_town	WEST CALDER
postcode_district	EH55
postcode_area	EH
dial_code	01501

Cobbinshaw is a small hamlet in West Lothian, Scotland. It is at the end of a dead end road from nearby Woolfords.

Cobbinshaw is at 1000 ft above sea level on the edge of the Pentland Hills. Nearby villages include Woolfords, Auchengray and Tarbrax. It is next to Cobbinshaw Reservoir, built in 1818 to supply water for the Union Canal.

History

In 1685 Walter Lord Torphichen sold the lands of Camilty and north and south Cobbinshaw to William Tennant.

Transport

It once had its own railway station on the Caledonian Railway's Edinburgh to Carstairs Line. The station was located north of Auchengray railway station.

References

Papers of Lord Torphichen in the National Archives of Scotland GD119/405

Wikipedia Source

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