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Kingscavil

Field	Value
country	Scotland
static_image	School, Kingscavil.jpg
static_image_caption	The old school
coordinates
official_name	Kingscavil
label_position	bottom
os_grid_reference	NT033765
civil_parish	Linlithgow
lieutenancy_scotland	West Lothian
unitary_scotland	West Lothian
constituency_westminster	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Livingston
constituency_scottish_parliament	Linlithgow
post_town	LINLITHGOW
postcode_district	EH49
postcode_area	EH
dial_code	01506

Livingston

Kingscavil (NT029765) is a small settlement in West Lothian lying between Linlithgow and Bridgend on the old A9 (now the B9080).

History

Kingscavil had historically been under the direct control of the Scottish Crown. During King Robert the Bruce's resettlement plans, Kingscavil was granted to Sir James Douglas which was witnessed by Edward Bruce as part of "omnes terras de Kincauill" as well as the village of East Calder.

Kingscavil had a quarry located in it. Sandstone quarried from Kingscavil was used to construct Linlithgow Palace. Kingscavil later became a hub for shale oil extraction, with the village being built up with workers going to live there. Kingscavil Church was also constructed in 1902 by the Church of Scotland in English Gothic style to serve the village. However, following a collapse in the shale oil industry in the 1930s, the majority of the new village was demolished. This came after an inquiry into conditions in the village was set up by the Department of Health, the first to have been held under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1930. The inquiry was commissioned following West Lothian County Council receiving reports from their inspectors about the sanitary conditions in the new housing. The inquiry found in 1937 that the housing was inadequate and should be demolished with the residents being re-homed in nearby Bridgend.

Sport

A football club from the village, Champfleurie F.C., played in the Scottish Cup in the 1880s, hosting Heart of Midlothian at Champfleurie Park in the second round in 1889–90.

References

Penman, Michael. (2014). "Robert the Bruce: King of the Scots". Yale University Press.
"Gift of Kingscavil (WLO) and Calder-Clere (MLO) in free barony". King's College London.
"Mineral resources of the Lothians". British Geological Survey.
"Kingscavil Church". Scotlands Churches Trust.
(2014-09-12). "West Lothian’s unique and historic buildings are opening to the public". inlithgow Journal and Gazette.
(2005-02-18). "History uncovered - Linlithgow Journal and Gazette". inlithgow Journal and Gazette.
"Kingscavil Village". Scottishshale.co.uk.
(26 October 1889). "Scottish Cup (3rd Round)". Lothian Courier.

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