Dechmont
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Dechmont Scottish Gaelic Deagh Mhonadh |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 55 ′ N , 3 ° 32 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 706 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | BROXBURN | ||
| ZIP code section | EH52 | ||
| prefix | 01506 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | West Lothian | ||
| British Parliament | Livingston | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Linlithgow | ||
Dechmont ( Gaelic : Deagh Mhonadh ) is a village in the center of the Scottish Council Area West Lothian or in the traditional county of Linlithgowshire . It is located about two kilometers north of Livingston and six kilometers southeast of Linlithgow .
history
Bangour Village Hospital was established in 1906, directly northwest of Dechmont . The renowned architect Hippolyte Blanc provided the design . It is the first mental health facility in Scotland to be designed as a village-like facility. In both world wars it also served as a military hospital. In 2004 the facility was finally closed. A year later parts of the film The Jacket were shot there.
While 534 people lived in Dechmont in 1961, the 2011 census survey counted 706 inhabitants.
traffic
The A899 (Dechmont - Broxburn ) is the main road in the village. In the south, the A89 ( Glasgow - Newbridge ) touches a trunk road. The M8 runs a few hundred meters south. With the Edinburgh Airport is an international airport located about ten kilometers east.
Individual evidence
- ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Nick Enoch: Daily Mail: Inside abandoned 100-year-old asylum which housed patients from around Scotland and served as psychiatric hospital for WWI veterans (and yes, it's apparently haunted) , May 23, 2014
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ 2011 census data
