Housing conditions in the early days of the village were very different from today. The old houses - cramped and insanitary - and the old streets have almost all disappeared. Find out here what they were like.
"The Honey Cart"
A poem about John Riley
A shale company village - Addiewell
Visit the Scottish Shale website for more information on the shale industry, and Addiewell oil works
Addiewell in 1900
Sketch, map and description of the village c. 1900
Addiewell in 1910 - a miniature hell of slums
Harsh criticism of social conditions in Addiewell and of Young's PLMOC
Addiewell Population
How many people lived in Addiewell?
Addiewell's housing in 1914
'a positive pestilence... bad in the extreme...'
Aerial photographs
Some aerial pictures of Addiewell and Loganlea.
Graham Street
The pug passing the low rows
Housing - sheughs and shunkies
Appalling sanitary conditions
Meadowhead House
Meadowhead by West Calder, is a fine small mansion house dating from the 18th century,and substantially re-built and extended in the late 19th century as a home for himself by West Calder architect, J.G. Fairley.
Muirhall Cottages
Rare photograph of one of the old rows at Muirhall, Addiewell
Stephenson Street in 1947
Sketch, and names of some residents
Street names old
Street names in the old village, and the derivation of the names Addiewell and Loganlea