Walston, South Lanarkshire

Walston is a hamlet in the middle of black mount area of South Lanarkshire.

Walston

Former Walston Parish Church
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Population<
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish

History

Patrick Molleson in the Old Statistical Account records that the name sometimes used to be written as Welstoun (with a long s) and may have come from a copious spring of good water known as Walston-well.[1] However John Wilson in the New Statistical Account suggests that the name may have come from Waldef, the brother of the Earl of Dunbar. In this theory the name started as Waldef's-toun and transformed via Walyston to Walston.[2] John Wilson also mentions Patrick Anderson of Walston who was imprisoned on the Bass Rock for keeping conventicles and corresponding with banned ministers.

Walston Today
Walston Primary School

It contains a few houses and bungalows. A park and church are located at the ends. There is also a telephone box and a bed and breakfast. Walston Primary School provides an education for around 45 children aged 5 – 11. Due to the small pupil population, the classes are composite and the staff may fill multiple roles, such as janitor and chef. In 2018 plans were approved to rebuild the school in the village of Elsrickle.[3]

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References
  1. Molleson, Patrick (1791). "Parish of Walston". The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes. 7. Edinburgh: William Creech. pp. 116–123.
  2. Wilson, John (1845). "Parish of Walston". The new statistical account of Scotland. 6. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. pp. 846–867.
  3. "Committee approves new Walston primary school". South Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 12 February 2019.




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