[Image: Fragment of the Gough Map]
[Image: Fragment of the Gough Map]
The Gough Map of Great Britain
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Full record: Linlithgow
| County | West Lothian |
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| Transcript | lithcowe |
| Icon description | single building |
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| Description | |
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| Etymology | W llyn, 'lake' + llaith, 'damp' + cau, 'hollow' |
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| Earlier editors | Lithcowe, whose castle, built by the English about 1300, does not appear (Gough) |
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| Overwritten | no |
| Attested spelling | Lythcu 1299 Stev, Lenlithgow 1264, Lythgow 1489 |
