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WINCHBURGH, a village in the parish of Kirkliston, Linlithgowshire. It stands by the side of the Union canal, on the road between Edinburgh and Falkirk, 11 miles west of Edinburgh, 6 east of Linlithgow, and 4 south-west of Queensferry. It has a posting-inn. Population about 170.