Dedridge Cottages

Parish:

Midcalder, Midlothian

Local authority:

West Lothian

Opened:

Built c.1909

Current status of site:

All extant, extended and modernised

Constructed by Oakbank Oil Company to serve the short-lived Newfarm No. 3 & 4 Mine which operated between c.1909 and c.1919. Three rows, two with ten two-room homes with scullery, one with eight homes. Enclosed staircases at the end of each block provided access to an attic room.

Sold by Scottish Oils to private owners between 1963 - 67 and now enveloped within the 1970's housing of the Dedridge area of Livingston, and known as Beresford Rise.

Location map

Detailed maps

Newfarm Cottages (Dedridge) - 1:2,500 OS map c.1962, courtesy National Library of Scotland

Newfarm Cottages (Dedridge) - Aerial, courtesy National Library of Scotland

Archive plans

see full record 217251

see full record 217239

Recent images

Dedridge cottages 23-08-20

Dedridge cottages, ‎9th ‎July ‎2011

Related file records

217239 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Mrs Margaret Smith - Photocopy relating to No 1 Dedridge, Mid Calder. The document records the sale of the property to Mrs Margaret Smith for the sum of Â£300 with entry as at 18th February 1963. Accompanied by a map, titled Plan referred to. This shows the location of the property of 0.145 acres within Mid Calder at a scale of 1:2500, as well as a 1:240 scale plan of the property, outlined in red, showing it in more detail. On both plans, the common access road is shown in brown.
217240 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Alexander M'Luckie [...] - Photocopy relating to No 2 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 1965 and some correspondence from 1972. The document records the sale of the property to Alexander McLuckie Philip and Jean Queen Hosea or Philip for the sum of Â£150 with entry as at [illegible] February 1963. Accompanied by a map, titled Plan referred to. This shows the location of the property of 0.071 acres within Mid Calder at a scale of 1:2500, as well as a 1:240 scale plan of the property, outlined in red, showing it in more detail. On both plans, the common access road is shown in brown.
217241 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Thomas Burns - Photocopy relating to No 3 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 1965 and some associated correspondence. The document records the sale of the property to Thomas Burns for the sum of Â£150 with entry as at 11th December 1962. Accompanied by a map, titled Plan referred to. This shows the location of the property of 0.074 acres within Mid Calder at a scale of 1:2500, as well as a 1:240 scale plan of the property, outlined in red, showing it in more detail. On both plans, the common access road is shown in brown.
217242 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Duncan Jamieson - Photocopy relating to No 5 Dedridge, Mid Calder. The document records the sale of the property to Duncan Jamieson for the sum of Â£150 with entry as at 1st January 1963. Accompanied by a map, titled Plan referred to. This shows the location of the property of 0.071 acres within Mid Calder at a scale of 1:2500, as well as a 1:240 scale plan of the property, outlined in red, showing it in more detail. On both plans, the common access road is shown in brown.
217243 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Miss Margaret [...] - Photocopy relating to No 6 Dedridge, Mid Calder, with some associated correspondence. The document records the sale of the property to Mrs Margaret Russell Horsburgh for the sum of Â£300 with entry as at 1st January 1963. Accompanied by a map, titled Plan referred to. This shows the location of the property of 0.071 acres within Mid Calder at a scale of 1:2500, as well as a 1:240 scale plan of the property, outlined in red, showing it in more detail. On both plans, the common access road is shown in brown.
217244 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of John Cunningham - Photocopy relating to No 7 Dedridge, Mid Calder. The document records the sale of the property to John Cunningham for the sum of Â£150 with entry as at 25th February 1963. Accompanied by a map, titled Plan referred to. This shows the location of the property of 0.074 acres within Mid Calder at a scale of 1:2500, as well as a 1:240 scale plan of the property, outlined in red, showing it in more detail. On both plans, the common access road is shown in brown.
217245 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Miss Isabella Kirk - Photocopy relating to No 8 Dedridge, Mid Calder from 1965 with some additional papers from May 1975. The document records the sale of the property to Isabella Kirk for the sum of Â£150 with entry as at 18th February 1963. Accompanied by a map, titled Plan referred to. This shows the location of the property of 0.068 acres within Mid Calder at a scale of 1:2500, as well as a 1:240 scale plan of the property, outlined in red, showing it in more detail. On both plans, the common access road is shown in brown. Also included is a receipt for the sum of 8.61 paid in redemption of feuduty on the property, dated 8th May 1975.
217246 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Peter Horsburgh [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 9 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 13 April 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Copmpany. Attached plan shows scale as 1" = 30 feet and location plan scale 1/2500.
217247 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Miss Helen Ann Hood [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 10 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 14 March 1966 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company. Attached plan shows scale as 1" = 30 feet and location plan scale 1/2500.
217248 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Patrick Carey and [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 12 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 20 August 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company. Plan attached shows scale as 1" = 30 feet and location plan scale 1/2500.
217249 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of James Walker Haddow [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 13 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 25 June 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company some associated paperwork from 1975. Plan attached shows scale as 1" = 30 feet and location plan scale 1/2500.
217250 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Miss Margaret Meikle [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 14 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 21 May 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company. Plan attached shows scale as 1" = 30 feet and location plan scale 1/2500.
217251 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of James Potter [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 15 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 31 May 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company. Plan attached shows scale as 1" = 30 feet and location plan scale 1/2500.
217252 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of William Haddow [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 16 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 20 April 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company. The plan attached shows the scale as 1" = 30 feet and the location plan scale 1/2500.
217253 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of William Miller [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 17 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 20 August 1965 abnd signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company. The plan attached shows the scale as 1" = 30 feet and the location plan 1/2500.
217254 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Joseph McGuire [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 18 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated dated 20 August 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company with some additional paperwork from 1975. The plan attached shows the scale as 1" = 30 feet and the location plan 1/2500.
217255 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Scottish Building [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 19 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 1 April 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company with some additional paperwork from 1974. The property was sold to Sidney Frederick Sharman who subsequently sold it to Alexander Simpson. The plan attached shows the scale as 1" = 30 feet and the location plan scale as 1/2500.
217256 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Alexander Arthur [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 20 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 30 March 1965 and signe by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company with some additional paperwork from 1974. The location plan shows the scale as 1" = 30 feet and the location plan scale 1/2500.
217257 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Hugh Haid Haddow [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 21 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 20 April 1965 and signed by W B Peuthere Attorney to the Company with some additional paperwork from 1974 and 1975. The plan attached shows the scale as 1" = 30 feet and the location plan 1/2500.
217258 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of William John Smith [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 22 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 9 June 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company. Attached plan shows scale as 12 = 30 feet and location plan as 1/2500.
217259 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Hugh Drummond Kitson [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 24 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 20 April 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company with some additional paperwork from 1974. The plan attached shows the scale as 1" = 30 feet and the location plan scale 1/2500.
217260 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Richard Kelly [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 26 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 1965 (no testing clause) and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company. The plan attached shows the scale as 1" = 30 feet and the location plan 1/2500.
217261 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Miss Alice Realkie [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating to No 27 Dedridge, Mid Calder dated 27 )ctober 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company. The plan attached shows the scale as 1" = 30 feet and the location plan 1/2500.