Bathgate is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Linlithgow. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1607.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
A 1607 royal charter ratified in parliament expressly refers to the lands and barony of Bathgate among the Linlithgowshire baronies; original erection not yet isolated.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours, Linlithgow — place-name index entry; exact numbered retour/date not yet resolved.
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