Services
- Local history and heritage
- Archives - access
- Archives - enquiries
- Births - historical searches
- Castles and historic houses
- Churches
- Deaths - historical searches
- Family history and genealogy - general information
- Historic sites
- Industrial heritage
- Loans, donations bequests and sales
- Local and special collections
- Lothian Lives Project
- Marriages - historical searches
- Memorials and monuments
Historic sites
Experience West Lothian's rich heritage by visiting some of its historic sites.
- Hopetoun House (new window)
- House of the Binns (new window)
- Linlithgow Palace (new window)
- Torphichen Preceptory
- Peaceful churchyards and cemeteries
- Ancient churches
- Cairnpapple (new window)
- River Avon Heritage Trail (new window)
For information about these and many more historic buildings and sites, visit the West Lothian Local History Library in Blackburn. There you will find thousands of books, photos and maps about sites of interest, their archaeology, architecture, history and associations.
Historic and Listed buildings, and archaeology
If you have an enquiry about planning or conservation aspects of old buildings, or about archaeological sites, contact the Council's Conservation Officer, Dr Stuart Eydmann, on 01506 775279.
For information on all historic buildings and sites in West Lothian, search the Canmore (new window) website, part of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS).
Cemeteries and churchyards
If you have an enquiry relating to burials after 1855, you should contact the Council's Cemeteries Service.
If you have an enquiry relating to burials before 1855, contact the West Lothian Local History Library.
