NEWBRIDGE, a village, in the parish of Kirkliston,
county of Edinburgh, 1 mile (S. by W.) from the
village of Kirkliston; containing 153 inhabitants. It
stands on the east side of the Almond water, which
here separates the two counties of Edinburgh and Linlithgow;
and is a pleasantly situated village, having an
inn. The road from Edinburgh to Glasgow by Bathgate,
which intersects the southern part of the parish,
passes through it; and the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway
runs in the vicinity. At Loughend, near Newbridge,
are set up some large stones where a battle was
fought in the year 995, between Kenneth, the natural
brother of Malcolm II., and Constantine, the usurper of
the crown; and about a mile and a half westward, stone
coffins have been from time to time discovered.