Originally a farming village in the county of West Lothian, it is now in the heart of the town of Livingston.

In 1128 David I granted the newly founded Abbey of Holyrood control of the church at Livingston and its income in a charter that was witnessed by Turstani filii Levingi (Thurstan Levingsson).

The home of the family was a large Scottish tower house, Livingston Peel.

One genealogy traces it further back to a Baron de Leving who is believed to have accompanied St. Margaret from her birthplace in Hungary, her presence in Edward the Confessor's court in England and her exile in Scotland.

Livingston Old Kirk, in its current form, dates from 1732 and is a fine example of plain Presbetryrian architecture of the period.

In 1964 it was converted into a community centre and its gardens given to use as a public park, with the help of a £12000 grant from the Carnegie Trust.

In recent years the community facilities have condensed down to occupy the former stable block to the west and a new-build structure.

Since then the village has expanded greatly and now contains a large amount of New Town architecture.

Livingston Village is in the West Lothian council area, before 1975 it was part of Linlithgowshire.

[6] The Councillors are the Chair Andrew Miller (SNP),[7] John Cochrane (Action to Save St John's Hospital),[8] Robert De Bold (SNP)[9] and Bruce Ferrie (Labour).