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Bathgate is a historic industrial town in West Lothian in Scotland situated 18 miles south-west of Edinburgh on the slopes of the Bathgate Hills. Bathgate is well-known as the birthplace of Sir James Young Simpson (1811) the inventor of chloroform as an anaesthetic and in 1850 the worlds first paraffin refinery was developed here by Dr James â€˜Paraffinâ€™ Young (1811-83) Bathgate was awarded Burgh of Barony in 1661 although the origins date back to the 1100â€™s. A Royal Castle was built c1316 given as a dowry by Robert the Bruce to his daughter Marjorie on her marriage; a few ruins can be found on the local golf course.