Blackridge
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.jpg) Blackridge Parish Church | |
  Blackridge Location within West Lothian | |
| Population | 2,070 (2022)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NS894670 |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BATHGATE |
| Postcode district | EH48 |
| Dialling code | 01501 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Blackridge (Scots: Blackrig,[2][3] Scottish Gaelic: An Druim Dubh)[4] is a small town in the western part of West Lothian, Scotland.
The village name dates to 1581, first recorded as Blakrig. Later, Blackrig and then Blackrigg became the standard spelling until Blackridge became the norm in official documents after about 1840. Blackrig remains the local pronunciation.
The population, as of the mid-2013 estimate, of Blackridge was 1,926 including Westrigg.[5] The modern village dates from the building of the new Edinburgh-Glasgow road in 1796 and the building of a coaching inn midway between the cities, officially Westcraigs Inn but known locally as the Craig Inn. The inn now serves as housing, a community centre and library.
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Andy Eagle (27 February 2003). "The Online Scots Dictionary". Scots-online.org. Archived from the original on 8 July 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic Archived 22 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine – NewsNetScotland
- ^ "Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba ~ Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland". Gaelicplacenames.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ "Armadale and Blackridge Ward Profile" (PDF). April 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2016.