ARMADALE, a village, in the parish of Bathgate,
county of Linlithgow, 2 miles (W.) from Bathgate;
lontaining 121 inhabitants. It derives its name from
an estate in the vicinity, which once belonged to a
senator in the college of justice whose title was Lord
Armadale, being taken from the estate. The road from
Linlithgow to Whitburn runs through the village, and
it is also situated on one of the great roads between
Edinburgh and Glasgow, from which cities it is nearly
equidistant. The population is employed in agriculture,
and in the mines and quarries of the neighbourhood.