Dechmont (
Gaelic
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: ''Deagh Mhonadh'') is a small village located near
Uphall, West Lothian in
Scotland
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.
Bangour Village Hospital is located to the west of Dechmont. It has an approximate population of 989 people. Its postal code is EH52. An alleged
alien encounter
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took place in 1979 in the nearby
Dechmont Woods.
The village has a small infant/primary school providing learning for pre-school through to primary three pupils. In 2012 the school roll was thirteen which consisted of five primary one pupils; four primary two pupils and four primary three pupils as well as sixteen pre-school infants
Lothian Country operates daytime bus service X18 and night service N18 between Edinburgh and Whitburn via Broxburn, Bathgate and Armadale.
Notable residents
''Several notable persons born between the 1948 and 1990 are described as being 'from' Dechmont as per their birth certificate, but have only a tenuous link to the town due to being delivered at
Bangour General Hospital which operated in that period; most children born here would have grown up elsewhere in West Lothian.''
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Scott Arfield
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is a professional footballer who has played with
Falkirk
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Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...
and
Huddersfield Town
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and
Burnley
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and now currently plays with
Rangers. He is a former captain of the Canada national team.
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Stephen Gallacher - professional golfer, 4-time winner on the European tour and Ryder Cup Star was born in Dechmont in 1974.
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Edward Meldrum, the business partner of
James Young bought Old Dechmont House in 1865 and rebuilt it as Dechmont Castle in 1869. He died there in 1875.
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Hannah Rarity -
Scots traditional singer who was raised in Dechmont.
See also
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Robert Taylor incident
References
External links
West Lothian Archaeology Group - Dechmont Law
Villages in West Lothian
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