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Pumpherston - Uphall Station Road

Alternative names:
Letham park
Parish:
Midcalder, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian
Opened:
Letham Park built c.1924, Institute Place built c.1907, Davmar Place built c.1906
Closed:
All still extant
Current status of site:
All houses are now private homes

Including Letham Park

See also Pumpherston North Village, Pumpherston South Village, Pumpherston Erskine Place, Pumpherston Pumpherston Road

The Pumpherston Oil Company built or purchased a number of areas of housing between Pumpherston North and South Villages.

Letham Park, built c. 1924 contains six blocks of spacious semi-detached homes built in the Garden City style. Homes were numbered 1 - 8 and 15 -18, suggesting that additional houses were planned. This detailed plan, dated 1966, from the BP Archive, shows the layout of Letham Park.

Institute Place, built 1907 consisted of five homes, built close to the village Institute, apparently comprising two semi detached and one detached villa

Davmar Place consisted of a block of six houses built c.1906 and purchased by the Pumpherston Oil Company in 1917. "Pumpherston: story of a shale village" indicates that the row was built by David Fleming, a foreman employed by the oil company; Davmar being a combination of his name and that of his wife Margaret.

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    • 143115 - Disposition -: 5 Letham Park, Pumpherston - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Mrs Christian Gregory Bennett. Subjects: 5 Letham Park, Pumpherston. Dated 1966. Details the sale of 5 Letham Park by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited by Mrs Christian Gregory Bennett for the sum of £400. Attached is a black and white plan referred to in the disposition with the property highlighted in black. Scaled of the plan is 1/2500. Included is a Notice of Redemption and a Receipt of Redemption for the property dated 8th November and 12th November 1974 respectively.
    • 143116 - Disposition - 6 Letham Park, Pumpherston - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of George Smirrel and Mrs Janet Potter or Smirrel. Subjects: 6 Letham Park, Pumpherston. Dated 1966. Details the sale of 6 Letham Park by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to George and Janet Smirrel for the sum of £400. Attached is a black and white plan of the area referred to in the disposition with the property highlighted in black. Scaled of the plan is 1/2500. Also attached is a Notice of Redemption and a Receipt for Redemption for the property dated 8th November and 12th November 1974 respectively.
    • 143117 - Disposition - 7 Letham Park, Pumpherston. - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Mr John Stenhouse. Subjects: 7 Letham Park, Pumpherston. Dated 1966. Details the sale of 7 Letham Park by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Mr John Stenhouse for the sum of £400. Attached is a black and white plan of the area with the property highlighted in black. Scale of the plan is 1/2500. Included is a Notice of Redemption, Receipt for Redemption and a note regarding feuduty dated 6th, 7th and 8th of November 1974.
    • 143118 - Disposition - No. 8 Letham Park, Pumpherston. - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Peter Loch of No. 8 Letham Park, Pumpherston. Dated 1971. Details the sale of No. 8 Letham Park by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Peter Loch for the sum of £400. Attached is a black and white location plan of the area with the property highlighted in black. Included is a colour copy of the location plan of the area with the property highlighted in red. Scale of the plan is 1/2500. Included are 3 peices of correspondence regarding the feuduty on the property dated 14th May, 31 June [sic] and 27th July 1973 respectively.
    • 143120 - Disposition - No. 16 Letham Park, Pumpherston - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of George Anderson Wilkinson and Mrs Margaret Graham Wilkinson. Subjects: No. 16 Letham Park, Pumpherston. Dated 1967. Details the sale of No. 16 Letham Park by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to George Anderson Wilkison and Mrs Margaret Graham Wilkinson for the sum of £400. Attached is a black and white location plan of the area referred to in the disposition with the property highlighted in black. Scale of the plan is 1/2500. Included are 2 letters regarding the feuduty, a Notice of Redemption and a Receipt of Redemption dated 4th and 30th of August 1967 and 7th and 12th November 1974 respectively.
    • 143121 - Disposition - 17 Letham Park, Pumpherston. - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Mr William Gowans. Subjects: 17 Letham Park, Pumpherston. Dated 1967. Details the sale of 17 Letham Park by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Mr William Gowans for the sum of £400. Attached are a Notice of Redemption and Receipt of Redemption regarding the feuduty on the property dated 2nd and 14th May 1975 respectively.
    • 143122 - Disposition - 18 Letham Park, Pumpherston. - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Mr David Webster Armstrong. Subjects: 18 Letham Park, Pumpherston. Dated 1967. Details the sale of 18 Letham Park by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Mr David Webster Armstrong for the sum of £400. Attached is a Receipt for Redemption and a letter regarding feuduty for the property dated 12th November 1974 and 10th May 1967 respectively.
    • 143125 - Disposition - No. 8 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston. - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of David Lightbody, 1968. Of No. 8 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston. Disposition details the sale of 8 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston to David Lightbody by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited for the sum of £425. It also details the sum due for feuduty for the same property, £1-1-10 per annum. Includes Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974, Receipt for Redemption of Feuduty or Ground Annual etc which details the amounts paid by David Lightbody for his feuduty for the property. Typed document. Includes an attached black and white plan which is referred to in the disposition and highlights the property discussed in red and the communal space in blue. This copy is signed by the Director. The scale is 1/2500. There is also a colour copy of this plan in the folder which is unsigned.
    • 143126 - Disposition - 15 Uphall Station, Pumpherston - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited with consent of Miss Anne, Paton Lindsay Kennedy in favour of The Century Building Society, 1966. Subjects: 15 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston. The disposition details the sale of the property 15 Uphall Station Road to Miss Anne Paton Lindsay Kennedy from The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited for the sum of £400. Also details the feuduty required to be paid on the property in total, £18-10 (18 pounds and 10 shillings) Includes Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974, Receipt for Redemption of Feuduty or Ground Annual etc. which details the sums paid by Anne P.R. Kennedy for feuduty with respect to the property at 15 Uphall Station Road.Typed document. Includes a plan 1/2500. Includes a black and white plan of the property referred to in the disposition with the property boundaries highlighted in what would have been red on a colour copy, but is shown as a bold, black on this plan. Scale of the plan is 1/2500.
    • 143127 - Disposition - 17 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston. - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Mr Robert Rae. Subjects: 17 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston. The disposition details the sale of 17 Uphall Station Road to Mr Robert Rae by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited for the sum of £400 and is dated 13th August, 1966. It also details the cost of the feuduty, £18-10 (18 pounds and 10 shillings) which has to be paid on the property. Includes Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974 Receipt for Redemption of Feuduty or Ground Annual etc which details the sums paid by Robert Rae for feuduty, dated 7th November 1974 and a typed note dated 8th November 1974 which states what has been paid in feuduty. Typed document. Includes an attached black and white plan which is referred to in the disposition which highlights the boundary of the property in red (on the original colour plan) but is shown in bold black on this plan. The scale is 1/2500.
    • 143128 - Disposition - No. 19 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston. - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of James Taggart Lowe, 1968. Of No. 19 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston. Disposition details the sale of the property to James Taggert Lowe by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited for the sum of £400 on the 22nd May 1968. It also details the sums required to be paid in feuduty for the property, of £1-10-10 per annum. Includes Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974, Voluntary Notice of Redemption, Right to redeem feuduty form which details the sums paid by James Lowe to Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company on the 1st June 1976. Includes an attached black and white plan which highlights the property referred to in the disposition with the boundaries shown in bold black (would have shown as red on the original colour copy). Scale of the plan is 1 inch= 30 feet. Also includes a location plan at the top of the page to indicate where the property sits on a wider view. Typed document.
    • 143129 - Disposition - No. 21 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston. - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Mr John Marshall Roberts. Subject: No. 21 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston. Disposition details the sale of 21 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to John Marshall Roberts for the sum of £400 dated 25th October 1966. Also details the sum due for feuduty £1-10-10 per annum. Includes Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974, Receipt for Redemption of feuduty or Ground Annual etc which details the sums paid by John M. Roberts to Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited in November 1947. Includes 2 pieces of correspondence sent between a lawyers firm and Scottish Oil Limited discussing access on the southern most road and the division of costs between the properties involved, dated 1st July and 6th September 1966. Includes plan referred to in the disposition with the boundary of the property highlighted in bold black (originally would have been marked in red on colour copy). Scale on plan 1 inch = 30feet. Insert at the top of the plan shows a small location plan which gives an expanded view on the plan, scale 1/2500. Typed document with handwritten notes.
    • 143130 - Disposition - 32 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of John Stanners Denholm and Mrs. Jean Renton Armstrong or Denholm, 1965. Subjects: "Carnethy", 32 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, Midlothian. Disposition details the sale of 32 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to John Stanners Denholm and Mrs. Jean Renton Armstrong or Denholm for the sum of £3050 on 17th December 1965. Also details the feuduty sums required for this property, £1-4-8 per annum. Includes plan referred to in the disposition with the boundary of the property marked in red. The scale of the plan is 1 inch = 20 feet. Typed document.
    • 143131 - Disposition- No. 30 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company in favour of District Council of the District of East Calder, 1970. Of No. 30 Uphall Station Road, Pumpehrston, Mid Calder. Disposition details the sale of 30 Uphall Station Road by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to the District Council of the District of East Calder for the sum of £500 on 6th August, 1970. Also details the fue duty charge relating to this property of eighteen shillings and four pence per annum. Includes an attached black and white plan of the property referred to in the disposition with the property boundaries marked in black (originally in red on colour plan) Typed document.
    • 143132 - Disposition - "Carnethy", 32 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of John Stanners Denholm and Mrs. Jean Renton Armstrong or Denholm, 1965. Subjects: "Carnethy", 32 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, Midlothian. Disposition details the sale of the 32 Uphall Station by The Pumpherston Oil Company to John Stanners Denholm and Mrs. Jean Renton Armstrong or Denholm for the sum of £3050 on the 17th December, 1965. Also details the feuduty required for this property, £4-12-8 per annum. Includes a colour plan of the property referred to in the disposition with the boundary of the property marked in red. Scale of the plan is 1inch=20feet. Includes a Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974 Receipt for Redemption of Feuduty or Ground Annual etc and a Notice of Redemption noting the sums paid by John S. Denholm to Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited for feuduty for the property on 15th May 1975. Includes Search for Incumbrances over Subjects (0.460 acres) 32 Uphall Station Road, 1966. Includes 2 pieces of correspondence between lawyers firm and Scottish Oil Limited regarding the Search for Incumbrances, dated 21st July and 17th June 1966. Typed documents.
    • 143133 - Disposition - No. 34 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston.. - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of William Robert McDowall, 1969. Of No. 34 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, Mid Calder. Disposition details the sale of 34 Uphall Station Road, by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to William Robert McDowall for the sum of £525. Also details the sum of feuduty required for the property, eighteen shillings and five pence per annum. Includes a Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974 Receipt for Redemption of Feuduty or Ground Annual etc and a Notice of Redemption detailing the sums paid by William Robert McDowall on 8th May, 1975. Includes coloured plan referred to in the disposition with the property boundary marked in red. Scale of plan is 1inch=20feet. Typed document.
    • 143136 - Disposition - No. 56 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston. - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Elizabeth Ann Dornan, 1970. Of No. 56 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, Mid Calder. Disposition details the sale of 56 Uphall Station Road by the Pumpherston Oil Company to Elizabeth Ann Dornan for the sum of £1000 on 29th May, 1970. Also details sums required for feuduty for the property, seventeen shillings and one penny per annum. Includes 2 identical colour plans of the property referred to in the disposition, with the boundaries of the property marked in red. Scaled of both plans 1inch=20feet. Includes a Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974 Receipt for Redemption of Feuduty or Ground Annual and a Notice of Redemption detailing the sums paid by William D.C. Stephenson on 9th May 1975 for feuduty. Includes two piece of correspondence from Scottish Oil Limited to Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited dated 29th April 1970 and 8th May 1975 discussing a change in title. Typed documents.
    • 143137 - Disposition - No. 59 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston. - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of David Gibson Scoular dated 1973 of No. 58 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, Mid Calder. Disposition details the sale of the property No. 58 Uphall Station Road by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to David Gibson Scoular for the sum of £375 with £5.95 per annum required to be paid in feuduty. Attached is an Inventory of Writs referred to in the foregoing disposition listed as: 1. Feu Charter by Charles Gibson McLagan, Esquire, of Pumpherston, in favour of Daving Fleming dated 15th July, 1905 and recorded G.R. Edinburgh 1st May, 1906 2. Disposition by Davind Fleming in favour of The Pumpherston Oil Company Limted dated 12th and recorded said G.R. 17th February, 1917. 3. Search for Incumbrances. None of these are included. Included is a Land Tenure Reform Act 1974 receipt for Redemption of Feuduty or Ground Annual etc detailing the sum of £5.95 being paid to Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited by David G. Scoular for feu duty and also the sum of £0.85 new pence for the cumlo feuduty also paid to Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited in 1975. Included is a colour plan of the property with its boundaries highlighted in red with a scale of 1inch=20feet
    • 143138 - Disposition - No. 60 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Daniel McDonnell, dated 1969, of No. 60 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, Mid Calder. Disposition details the sale of No. 60 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Daniel McDonnell for the sum of £425 with a feuduty of 17 shillings and 1 penny per annum. Includes a colour plan which is referred to in the disposition and hightlights the property boundaries in red. Scale is 1inch=20feet
    • 143139 - Disposition - No. 62, Uphall Station Road, Uphall, - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Michael Dignan dated 1976. Subjects: Number 62, Uphall Station Road, Uphall, Pumpherston, Mid Calder. Disposition details the sale of 62 Uphall Station Road, Uphall, Pumpherston by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Michael Dignan for the sum of £2750 and a feuduty of 17 shillings and 1 penny per annum. Attached is a black and white copy of the plan referred to in the disposition with the boundary of the property highlighted in black. Scale is unclear as the bottom of the plan has been chopped off. Included is a colour plan of the property referred to in the disposition with the property boundary shown in red. Scale is 1 inch = 20feet
    • 143140 - Disposition - No. 64 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston.. - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Thomas Hutchison dated 1969 of No. 64 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, Mid Calder. Disposition details the sale of No. 64 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Thomas Hutchison for the sum of £425 and a feuduty of 17 shillings and 1 penny per annum. Attached is a black and white plan of the property referred to in the disposition with the boundaries marked in black. Scale has been cropped off the bottom of the plan. Attached is a Land Tenure Reform Act 1947 Receipt for Redemption of Feuduty or Ground Annual etc detailing the sum of £5.95 paid by Thomas Hutchison to Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited for feuduty including £0.85 new pence for cumulo feuduty. Included is a colour plan of the property referred to in the disposition with the boundaries marked in red. Scale is 1 inch = 20 feet.
    • 143141 - Disposition - No. 66 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston. - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of William McCracken, dated 1970, of No. 66 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, Mid Calder. Disposition details the sale of No. 66 Uphall Station Road by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to William McCracken for the sum of £2100 with a feuduty of 17 shillings and 1 penny per annum. Attached is a black and white plan of the property referred to in the disposition with the boundaries highlighted in black. Scale has been cropped off the plan. Included is a colour plan of the property referred to in the disposition with the boundaries hightlighted in red. Scale is 1 inch = 20feet. Includes a bundle of correspondance between Scottish Oils Limited and The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited, dated 1st December 1969 to 22nd May 1970, regarding details of sums paid towards the purchased of the property referred to in the disposition
    • 143143 - Disposition -. 68 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited and David Buchan Douglas in favour of Archibald Simpson, 1965. 68 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, Midlothian. Disposition details the sale of 68 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Archibald Simpson for the sum of £1021 and feuduty of 13 shillings and 9 pence payable half yearly at Whitsunday and Martinmas is equal portions. Attached is a colour plan of the property referred to in the disposition with the boundaries marked in red. Scale of plan 1 inch = 20 feet.
    • 143144 - Disposition - lower floor house No. 70 of Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of John Craig, 1971, of subjects lower floor house No. 70 of Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, Midlothian. Disposition details the sale of 70 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to John Craig for the sum of £700 and a feuduty of £0.66 new pence per annum payable half yearly at Whitsunday and Martinmas. Attached is a black and white copy of a plan of the property referred to in the disposition with the boundaries marked in black. Scale has been cropped off of the bottom. Attached is a Land Tenure Reform Act 1974 receipt for redemption of feuduty or ground annual etc detailing the sum of £0.66 being paid to Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company by John Craig on 14th May 1975. Also dated correspondance relating to this payment.
    • 143145 - Disposition - 72 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston. - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Mr William Stein Black, 72 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston. Disposition details the sale of 72 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to William Stein Black for the sum of £950 and a feuduty to be paid of 19 shillings and 2 pence half yearly per annum. Attached is a colour plan of the property referred to in the disposition with the boundaries highlighted in red. Scale is 1 inch = 20feet. Attached is correspondence between Scottish Oils Limited and William Stein Black's lawyers, dating from 12th December 1966 to the 22 April 1975 regarding Land Tenure paid and due on the property.
    • 143146 - Disposition - The Bungalow, 78 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Isaac Crosbie Whyte, 1970, of subjects The Bungalow, 78 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston and additional ground. Disposition details the sale of 78 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Isaac Crosbie Whyte for the sum of £650 and feuduty of 4 pounds 11 shillings and 7 pence per annum. Attached is a black and white copy of a plan of the property referred to in the disposition with the boundaries highlighted in black, the scale has been cropped off the bottom **this plan is in very poor condition and has been stuck together with tape at some point in the past** Attached are 2 Land Tenure Reform Act 1974 Receipts for Redemption of Feuduty or Ground Annuals etc detailing the sums paid by I.C. Whyte to Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited in 1975
    • 143147 - Disposition - No. 80 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of Kenneth MacLean, 1972, of subjects No. 80 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, Midlothian. Disposition details the sale of 80 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited to Kenneth MacLean for the sum of £2000 and feuduty of 1 pound 65 pence per annum. Attached is a black and white plan of the property referred to in the disposition with the boundaries marked in black. Scale is 1inch = 30feet. Included are Land Tenure Reform Act 1974 Receipt for Redemption of Feuduty or Ground Annual etc which details the sum of £1.65 paid by Kenneth MacLean to Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited on 14th May 1975. Attached to this is a collection of correspondence between Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited, Scottish Oils and Kenneth MacLean regarding the purchase of the property referred to in the dispostion. There is also the original advert that was used when the house was put up for sale in 1968. These date from 23rd October 1969 to 12th May 1975. Included is a colour plan of the property referred to in the disposition with the boundaries marked in red. The scale is 1inch=30feet.
    • 143098 - Disposition - No. 76 Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station - Disposition by The Pumpherston Oil Company Limited in favour of James Scott. Subjects: No. 76 Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station, West Lothian. Dated 1972.
    • 128997 - Mr Donald McKenzie, 2 Letham Park, Pumpherston: Let of piece of ground situated to the west of Letham Park for garage erection. 1956 to 1957. - Includes correspondence as to the rent payable for the ground at 2 Letham Park, Pumpherston for a motor garage, and a plan of the area. Lease terminated Whitsunday 1962. Correspondence dated from 1956 to 1957. Also includes plan showing Letham Park, and existing garage. No scale. Dated 28th June 1956.
    • 128999 - Mr Thomas Gordon, 20 Letham Gardens, Pumpherston: Ground for garage erection west of Letham Park, Pumpherston. Dated 1958. - Mr Thomas Gordon, 20 Letham Gardens, Pumpherston: Ground for garage erection west of Letham Park, Pumpherston. Includes a part plan of Letham Park area of Pumpherston with proposed garage site highlighted in red. Dated 1958. Lease terminated 2 July 1965.