Niddry
Rows
coordinates:
55°57'7.39"N, 3°27'49.12"W
location: between Broxburn
and Winchburn, West Lothian, off the B8020
former parish: former
parish
current
status:
demolished c. 1935, and 1950's some new housing on site but
mainly returned to agriculture.
date
constructed: 1874 and expanded 1891
owner/builder: Young's Paraffin
Light and Mineral Oil Co.
"There
are 96 houses owned by Young's Mineral Oil Co in Niddry.
Some 88 houses consist of room (12ft x 13ft), kitchen (12ft
x 13ft), scullery (7.5ft x 6ft) with sink. There is a dry
closet and coal cellar to each house. A wash-house is provided
a few feet from the scullery door, where gravitation water
is obtained for domestic use. Small gardens are also provided.
Rent for 34 of these houses is from 2/5 to 2/11, while 54
houses are rented at 3/2 per week, inclusive of rates. There
are 8 one apartment houses, rental 1/6 to 2/- weekly. Many
of these houses are over 40 years built. Two houses have
been converted into games and reading rooms. The total number
of houses in Niddry is 118, the population is 690."
Theodore
K. Irvine, Report on the Housing Conditions in the Scottish
Shale Field, 1914.
This
dreadful image might perhaps
show Niddry Rows (and Niddry Farm) viewed from the east
Site of Niddry Rows, looking East. October 2009
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