Bo’ness Street Names

STREET NAME	LOCATION	NAMING REASON	DATE
Academy Road	Bo’ness	Road to Bo’ness Academy.	1948
Acre Road	Bo’ness	Old name. A unit of land, presumably here used as a land division between Bonhard and Grange.
Angus Street	Bo’ness	Angus C Livingstone was headmaster of Kinneil School and a provost.	1950s
Antonine Court	Bo’ness	The 2^nd century Roman frontier called the Antonine Wall.	1970s
Avon Place	Bo’ness	River between Bo’ness and Grangemouth.	1950s
Bailie Court	Bo’ness EH51 9EZ	After Jenny Bailey.	2017
Baker Street	Bo’ness		1930s
Baptie Place	Bo’ness	Teacher and bailie, R Baptie.	1953
Barony Court	Bo’ness	Bo’ness was a burgh of barony with a barony court.	1970s
Barrel Brae	Bo’ness	A natural spring whose waters were gathered in a barrel.
Benjamin Drive	Bo’ness	Benjamin is the cynical old donkey in George Orwell’s 1945 novel Animal Farm, representing the common people. Cllr James Stewart was a fan. See Blair Ave & Dr below.	1984
Birkhill St & Cres	Bo’ness	A farm and clay mine of the Kinneil estate.	1930s
Blair Ave & Dr	Bo’ness	George Orwell’s real name was Eric Blair. This socialist was popular in mining communities.	1984
Bo’mains Road	Bo’ness	Old farm name	1951
Bonhard Terrace	Bo’ness EH51 9TF	Former estate name in the area.	2016
Bomar Avenue	Bo’ness	A composite name of Bob and Margaret – Harry & John Constable’s parents.	1970s
Boundary Street	Bo’ness	The parish boundary between Bo’ness and Carriden; and the burgh and Grange estate. At one time called Melville St.
Braefoot Road	Bo’ness	The road lies at the foot of the brae.
Braehead	Bo’ness	The road runs along a terrace on the hill south of the town.
Braehead Grove	Bo’ness	Near Braehead.
Brewlands Ave	Bo’ness	One of the parks in Kinneil policy was called Brewlands, presumably after the estate brewery.	1970s
Buchanan Avenue	Bo’ness	Provost Alexander Buchanan 1959-62.	1970s
Burns Crescent	Bo’ness EH51 9UJ	The Burns family ran a fishmongers’ shop in Bo’ness Town Centre for several generations.	08/ 2022
Cadzow Cres & Lane	Bo’ness	The ancestral home of the Hamilton family near Chatelherault.
Cairns Lane	Bo’ness	A personal name of a local family, but who?	1970s
Carse View	Bo’ness	From this hilltop location there are excellent views of the Carse of Kinneil.
Catherine Grove	Bo’ness	Catherine Constable.	1980s
Charles Sneddon Avenue	Bo’ness EH51 9TJ	Charles Sneddon was a provost of Bo’ness and convenor of Central Regional Council.	07/ 2016
Chestnut Grove	Bo’ness	Suggestive of its woodland setting near Kinneil Wood.	1980s
Church Road	Bo’ness	Immediately to the east of the Old Kirk.
Church Wynd	Bo’ness	Formerly the lower part of this road was a waggon road which cut through the churchyard.
Clover Place	Bo’ness	Clover is the name of the horse in Animal Farm and represents the working classes. Cllr James Stewart was a fan. See Blair Ave & Dr above.	1984
Clydesdale Street	Bo’ness	One of the titles of the Hamilton family.
Coalgate	Bo’ness	Originally a narrow road from the high ground by way of Schoolyard Brae. Coal was brought down the hill to the harbour along this route.
Commissioner Street	Bo’ness	The road leads to the harbour and dock run by the Harbour Commissioners.	1880s
Corbiehall	Bo’ness	A name applied to this area of the town. From the Gaelic corban, meaning ‘white hill’, and choill meaning hill – or is the Hill of the Crows?
Craigallan Park	Bo’ness	Craigallan Park was situated south of Braehead where the first Fair Queen was crowned.	2000
Crawfield Ave, Rd & Lane	Bo’ness	Early place name	1951
Crosshill Drive	Bo’ness	Intersection of a long W/E road following the hill terrace with one running N/S up the hill.	1980s
Cuffabouts	Bo’ness	Cuffabouts is an old settlement name. According to Macdonald in his “Place Names of West Lothian”, Cuffabouts is derived from ‘cuff‘, which means to winnow corn.
Cuthell Terrace	Bo’ness EH51 9UF	Thomas Cuthell founded the family run business of undertakers in 1905.	08/ 2022
Darien Lane	Bo’ness	At the end of the 17^th century Scotland’s businessmen invested heavily in a colony in central America. Many of the ship’s crews were from Bo’ness.
Dean Road	Bo’ness	The east end of the Kinneil policy was known as the Dean. It means a valley.
Deanfield Rd, Dr, Pl, Terr & Cres	Bo’ness	Built on fields to the east of the Dean.	1947
Deansgate Gardens	Bo’ness	A short road on the east of the Dean Valley.	1970s
Dock Street	Bo’ness	The road leads to the dock.
Don Street	Bo’ness EH51 9UG	Ian Don was the proprietor of a newsagent/gift shop in Bo’ness Town Centre and long-time treasurer of the Bo’ness Community Council.	08/ 2022
Doocot Brae	Bo’ness	Proximity to a lost doocot belonging to Grange House.
Douglas Rd, Dr, Pl & Terr	Bo’ness	Douglas was one of the titles of the Dukes of Hamilton.	1951
Dower Crescent	Bo’ness	The location of the dower house of Lady Grange.	1960s
Drumacre Road	Bo’ness	Acres Road at Drum.	1960s
Drumpark Avenue	Bo’ness	The old farm of Drum meaning hill.	1960s
Dugald Stewart Avenue	Bo’ness	Dugald Stewart was a famous Scottish philosopher who lived at Kinneil House in the late 18^th century & wrote several books there.	1930s
Dundas Street	Bo’ness	This was church land.	1870s
East Bog	Bo’ness	A damp area at the foot of the hill.
East Pier Street	Bo’ness	The street runs along the line of the old east pier of the harbour.
Erngath Road	Bo’ness	Named after Erngath Hill where the West Lothian Golf Club is situated.
Ewart Grove	Bo’ness		1960s
Fairspark Terrace	Bo’ness		1960s
Firwood Drive	Bo’ness	A shelter belt of fir trees formed part of the 19^th century estate layout.	1970s
Foredale Terrace	Bo’ness		1990s
Forth Crescent	Bo’ness EH51 9FB	Proximity to the Forth Estuary.	12/ 2020
Forthview Crescent	Bo’ness	View of the Forth Estuary	1951
Fountainpark Crescent	Bo’ness	The name of a cottage in this area, presumably called after springs.	1938
Furnace Lane	Bo’ness	Led to Bridgeness blast furnace.
Furnace Rows	Bo’ness	Workers houses for the Kinneil Ironworks.	1850s
Gauze Pl & Ct	Bo’ness	Old farm name. Found as early as 1631, it probably refers to wet land drained by a channel of stream.
George Street	Bo’ness	A member of the Constable family.	1920s
Gledhill Avenue	Bo’ness		1950s
Glen View	Bo’ness	Located near the top of the ridge this provides excellent views over the valleys of the Gil Burn and Dean Burn.	1970s
Graham Crescent	Bo’ness	Provost John Graham 1954-58?	1948
Grahamsdyke Rd, Terr & Ave	Bo’ness	The old Scots name for the Antonine Wall.
Grange Terrace.	Bo’ness	After Grange estate.
Green Tree Lane	Bo’ness	Suggestive of its woodland setting near Kinneil Woods.	1970s
Hadrian’s Way	Bo’ness	Roman emperor.	1948
Hamilton Sq & Lane	Bo’ness	The Hamilton family owned Kinneil Estate for centuries.
Haney’s Way	Bo’ness	Provost James Haney 1951-1954.
Harbour Road	Bo’ness	The road to Bridgeness Harbour from the high ground.
Hazeldean Avenue	Bo’ness	Suggestive of its woodland setting near Kinneil Woods and Dean Valley.
Heggie Place	Bo’ness EH51 9TG	Frank Heggie was a well-known local character who dressed in a tartan plaid.	07/ 2015
Henry Street	Bo’ness	Henry (Harry) Constable.
Hillcrest	Bo’ness	On the crest of the hill.	1960s
Hope Cot	Bo’ness	Part of the model village built by the Hope family of Carriden.	1880s
Hope Street	Bo’ness	Perhaps after Admiral Hope?	1900
Howieson Avenue	Bo’ness	Dr. Howieson had a practice on Stewart Ave.	1970s
Jamieson Avenue	Bo’ness	Jamieson’s store in Market St sold a wide range of goods Jamieson’s store in Market St sold a wide range of goods and the owner did a lot of work for the town. Alternatively it may have been named after the owner of a local pottery and Richmond House.	1951
James Watt Avenue	Bo’ness	James Watt conducted experiments on steam engines at Bo’ness.	1920s
Jeffrey Bank	Bo’ness	Local businessman and councillor, John Jeffrey ran the Clydesdale Hotel and an adjacent cinema in the 1910s.
Kelty Avenue	Bo’ness	Coal mining village in Fife.
Kiln View	Bo’ness EH51 9FA	Probably because it lies on the hill above the Bridgeness Pottery.	11/ 2018
Kilsland Terrace	Bo’ness
Kinacres Grove	Bo’ness	Corruption in Cuningar or kinningar – a rabbit warren.
Kinglass Avenue	Bo’ness	Old farm name recorded in 1240. Probably means ‘green head.’
Ladywell View	Bo’ness	The park to the north of the orchard in Kinneil policy was known as Ladywell Park.
Liddle Drive	Bo’ness		1970s
Livingstone Drive	Bo’ness	Angus Cook Livingstone was headmaster of Kinneil School and a provost (1923-25).	1950s
The Loan	Bo’ness
Lothian Street	Bo’ness	The old county name.	1930s
Lourie Crescent	Bo’ness EH51 9UR	Linda Lourie was a support worker at Bo’ness Public School & ran the school football team, organising competitions. Fair Executive.	08/ 2022
Lyon Court	Bo’ness	Castle Lyon.
Maidenpark Rd, Dr & Pl	Bo’ness	An old name for this locality, the first part of which my mean ‘high place.’	1950
Man o’ War St & Way	Bo’ness	The road appears to have been built in the 1870s to give access to the Forthbank Foundry, but the significance of the name is not known.	pre 1895
Marchlands Ave, Lane & Terr	Bo’ness		1920s
Market Street	Bo’ness	The north end of this street widened to form a market place.	1903
Meuse Lane	Bo’ness	Meuse Lane ran between South and North Streets prior to North St demolitions. The name is derived from a French work meaning concealed or hidden and may be compared with the work “maze” which neatly describes the network of small alleys on this area.
Miller Crescent	Bo’ness	The Miller pit was close by – named after a miller who fell into the shaft and died.	1950s
Mingle Place	Bo’ness	Old farm name.	1960s
Muirend Court	Bo’ness	On the edge of the Muir of Grange.	1960s
Muirepark Road	Bo’ness	On the muir or moor.	1970s
Muirhead Crescent	Bo’ness EH51 9TH	John Muirhead served as chairman & committee member of Bo’ness Utd FC for many years.	07/ 2016
Mulholland Drive	Bo’ness EH51 9UN	Mr & Mrs Mulholland ran a grocery/post office and were active in St Mary’s Church & school. Coaches left the shop for football matches.	08/ 2022
Newtown	Bo’ness	In the late 18^th & 19^th centuries regularly miners rows were laid out close to the pits, far enough away from the town centre to be considered a new town.
Northbank Dr & Ct	Bo’ness	Old farm name, found in 1667 – north facing hill slope.
Ochilview Rd Terr & Pl.	Bo’ness	A view of the hills on the far side of the Forth.	1951
Panbraes Road	Bo’ness, off Deanfield Road	This refers to the saltpans that lay on the coast at the foot of the brae.
Pennelton Place	Bo’ness	English version of Kinneil meaning the Head of the Wall – the Roman frontier.	1960s
Philpingstone Road	Bo’ness	Grange Philpingstone was part of the estate of Grange.	1889
Pine Green	Bo’ness	Suggestive of its woodland setting near Kinneil Woods.	1970s
Providence Brae	Bo’ness	It is said that sailors hid from visiting press-gangs in this area in the late 18^th century.
Provost Road	Bo’ness	The provosts of Bo’ness. Specifically Provost Charlie Sneddon who at one time had his house there with a Provost lamp outside it.	1960s
Quarryknowe	Bo’ness	Maidenpark Quarry lay immediately to the west of this knoll.	1980s
Rattray Street	Bo’ness	Captain Rattray had property here.	1890
Redbrae Avenue	Bo’ness	Imported name near the top of the hill.	1970s
Register Street	Bo’ness	In the 1890s this was called Kinneil Street.
Richmond Terrace	Bo’ness
Ritchie Place	Bo’ness	Alexander Ritchie was the headmaster of Grange School and a member of the Fair Committee.	1980s
Rodger Lane	Bo’ness EH51 9UQ	William Rodger served on Bo’ness Community Council for many years and on the Fair Executive. He was previously a Town Councillor and District Councillor.	08/ 2022
Roebuck Place	Bo’ness	Dr John Roebuck one of the founders of the Carron Co leased Kinneil House in the 1760s.	1970s
Roman Way	Bo’ness	The 2^nd century Roman frontier called the Antonine Wall is nearby.	1970s
St John’s Way	Bo’ness	A holy well named after St John lay in this area.	1960s
School Brae	Bo’ness	Earlier known as Schoolyard Brae or Sliddery Stane. In the 18^th century the school was in the Red House on the west side of this brae and in 1875 the public school was built higher up the hill causing the slight change in name. The Sliddery Stane was a large flat boulder lying on the surface near the present crossing of Stewart Ave.
Scotland’s Close	Bo’ness	The Scotland family had property in this street in the 18^th century.
Sea View	Bo’ness	A section on the south side of Corbiehall with a view across the Forth.	pre 1860
Seton Terrace	Bo’ness		1948
Shafto Place	Bo’ness	Doctor Shafto	1960s
Snab Lane, Snab Brae & The Snab	Bo’ness	Scots for a steep short slope or a projection of rock and is mentioned as early as 1669
Starks Brae	Bo’ness	Personal name, but who?
Stewart Ave	Bo’ness	Provost George Cadell Stewart (1894-1906).	1896
Strachan Court	Bo’ness	Grace Strachan was the first Bo’ness Fair Queen in 1897 and the court was built in the centenary year, 1997.
Sycamore Ave	Bo’ness	Suggestive of its woodland setting near Kinneil Woods.	1970s
Sylvan Grove	Bo’ness	Suggestive of its woodland setting near Kinneil Woods. The word “Sylvan” is well known to generations of Bo’nessians from one of the songs sung on Fair Day.	1970s
Tower Gardens	Bo’ness	Leads to Bridgeness Tower.	1988
Union Street	Bo’ness	Probably named after the Union of Scotland with England which increased trade at the harbour.	1882
Vennel	Bo’ness	From the French venalle, meaning ‘alley or lane’. Formerly a foot passage between North and South Streets near Market St.
Victoria Place	Bo’ness	Queen Victoria jubilee of 1887.	1888
Voluntary Stairs	Bo’ness	These stairs led from the foot of Providence Brae to the Burgher or Voluntary Church at the top. They were built around 1795.
Waggon Road	Bo’ness	This was once a waggon road for coal wagons going to the West Pier.
Wallace View	Bo’ness	William Wallace Guardian of Scotland in the 13^th century. The Wallace Monument near Stirling can be seen from Bo’ness.	1970s
Ward Birkby Drive	Bo’ness EH51 9TE	Helen Ward-Birkby well-known classroom assistant at St Mary’s Primary School and member of RC Church. Served on the Bo’ness Fair Committee for 17 years.	07/ 2016
West Bog	Bo’ness	A damp area at the foot of the hill.
Willow Dell	Bo’ness	Suggestive of its woodland setting near Kinneil Woods.	1980s
Woodlands Drive	Bo’ness	Suggestive of its woodland setting near Kinneil Woods.	1980s
Wotherspoon Drive	Bo’ness	Willie Wotherspoon was a shop steward at Kinneil Pit and fought to keep it open. Served for some years on Bo’ness Town Council.	1980s

G.B. Bailey, 2024

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