| Motto | Honos Habet Onus |
|---|---|
| Rector | Joe Boyd |
| Location | Edinburgh Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1LF Scotland |
| Students | 1200 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 12–19 |
| Houses | Simpson, Newland, Lindsay |
| Colours | Red, blue, yellow |
| Website | Bathgate Academy |
Bathgate Academy is a secondary school in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. Approximately 1,000 students are taught from ages 11–18, serving the needs of several communities including Blackburn and some communities outwith the catchment area such as Livingston.
History [link]
Established by John Newlands in the mid-18th century, the school was originally located on Marjoribanks Street. This building was taken over by West Lothian College in the 1960s, when the school moved to its current location.
Notable former pupils [link]
- The Very Reverend John McIntyre, CVO, MA, BD, DPhil, Dr.h.c., DHL, DLitt, DD, FRSE, sometime Professor of Divinity and Principal of New College in the University of Edinburgh, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and Dean of the Thistle
- Paul Di Resta
- Richard B. Angus of Montreal; co-founder of the Canadian Pacific Railway and President of the Bank of Montreal.
External links [link]
https://wn.com/Bathgate_Academy
Bathgate
Coordinates: 55°54′08″N 3°38′35″W / 55.902359°N 3.643097°W
Bathgate (Scots: Bathket or Bathkit,Scottish Gaelic: Both Chèit) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, on the M8 motorway 5 miles (8 km) west of Livingston. Nearby towns are Armadale, Blackburn, Linlithgow, Livingston, West Calder and Whitburn. Situated 2 miles (3 km) south of the Neolithic burial site at Cairnpapple Hill, Bathgate and the surrounding area show signs of habitation since about 3500 BC.
History
Medieval (circa 1100 – 1500)
Bathgate first enters the chronicles of history in a confirmation charter by King Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141 – 9 December 1165). In royal charters of the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries, the name of Bathgate has appeared as: Bathchet (1160), Bathket (1250) and Bathgetum (1316). Batket in the 14th century, and by the 15th appeared as both Bathgat and Bathcat. The name is a “manifest corruption” of an earlier Cumbric name meaning 'Boar Wood' (cf. Welsh baedd coed).
Bathgate (disambiguation)
Bathgate is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. Bathgate is also a neighborhood in The Bronx, New York City
Bathgate may also refer to:
See also
Bathgate railway station
Bathgate railway station is a railway station serving the town of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. Opened on 18 October 2010, it is located close to the junction of the former Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway and the former Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway to the east of the 1986 station.
History
In 2005, the Scottish Executive announced that the then-closed section of line between the 1989 Drumgelloch station and Bathgate would be rebuilt as a double tracked electrified railway, termed the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link. This resulted in the closure of the 1986 station, replaced by the present station, 34 chains (a little under half a mile) east of the former station. It will connect with the North Clyde Line at Drumgelloch to the Edinburgh to Bathgate Line at Bathgate and open up a fourth rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The station opened on 18 October 2010, replacing the 1986 station, which closed at the end of the day's service on 16 October 2010. Rail replacement bus services were provided between Bathgate and Haymarket on Sunday 17 October 2010.
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