Livingston Village
Coordinates: 55°53′13″N 3°32′05″W / 55.8869°N 3.5348°W
| Livingston Village | |
 Main Street in Livingston Village. |
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 Livingston Village
Livingston Village shown within West Lothian |
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| OS grid reference | NT0367 |
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| - Edinburgh | 13 mi (21 km) ENE |
| - London | 321 mi (517 km) SSE |
| Council area | West Lothian |
| Lieutenancy area | West Lothian |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LIVINGSTON |
| Postcode district | EH54 |
| Dialling code | 01506 |
| Police | Lothian and Borders |
| Fire | Lothian and Borders |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Livingston |
| Scottish Parliament | Almond Valley |
| Lothians | |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • | |
Livingston Village is a village is West Lothian it dates back to the 12th Century. Originally a farming village in West Lothian it is now in the heart of the town of Livingston.
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[edit] History
[edit] Pre 1962
Before 1962 Livingston Village was known as Livingston and had a history dating back to the 12th Century. It is first mentioned in an early 12th Century charter as Villa Levingi (Leving's town). In 1128 David I granted the newly founded Abbey of Holyrood control of and the income from the church at Livingston in a charter that was witnessed by Turstani filii Levingi (Thurstan Levingsson).[1] He built a fortified tower (Peel of Livingston) which is long since gone and the settlement that grew up around it became known as Levingstoun, Layingston and eventually Livingston the name derives from the Saxon Leving and the old English tun meaning settlement.
The Earls of Callendar and the Earls of Linlithgow bear the family name Livingston, and trace their lineage back through Thurstan of Levingston to his father Leving of Levingstoun. One genealogy traces it further back to a Baron de Leving who is believed to have accompanied St. Margaret from her birthplace in Hungary, her presence in Edward the Confessor's court in England and her exile in Scotland. [2] Other sources regard Leving as a Flemish entrepreneur.
In 1898 Livingston had several houses a Church of Scotland Church, a United Free church and a School. around 1 Mile north of the village there was Livingston railway station which was in a settlement called Livingston Station but is now called Deans.
[edit] After 1962
The new town of Livingston was built and was given the name Livingston so the old Livingston was renamed Livingston Village to distinguish it from the New Town. Since then the village has expanded greatly and, since new construction of houses in the 1990s, it has begun to merge with the New Town.
[edit] Governance
Livingston Village is in the West Lothian County, before 1975 the village was part of Linlithgowshire. There was previously a Quango called the Livingston Development Corporation that existed from 1962 to March 22 1997[3] to build, manage and promote the New Town which included Livingston Village.
Livingston Village is covered by the Livngston North Ward in West Lothian Council and the Livingston North Local Area Committee.[4] The Councillors are the Chair Andrew Miller (SNP),[5] John Cochrane (Action to Save St John's Hospital),[6] Robert De Bold (SNP)[7] and Bruce Ferrie (Labour).[8]
Livingston Village is part of the Almond Valley Constituency since 1999 and is represented by the Scottish National Party (SNP) Angela Constance who has held the seat since 2007 when the constituency was called Livingston. Livingston Village is part of the Livingston UK Parliament constituency since 1983 and since 2010 has been represented by the Labour MP Graeme Morrice.
Livingston Village is part of the Scotland European Parliament constituency.
[edit] Recreation and Sport
Almondvale Stadium the home of Livingston F.C. who play at in the Scottish Football League First Division is on the edge of the village.
[edit] Transport
Livingston Village previously had its own Railway Station on the Edinburgh to Bathgate Line which opened in 1849 and closed in 1948, a new station opened in 1986 near the original site and is called Livingston North railway station, Livingston South railway station is also nearby.
The M8 Motorway is nearby and the A705 run parallel to the village.
the nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport
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