It serves the new area of town called Wester Inch. The school is named after James Young Simpson. Sport Football Bathgate is home to the football club Bathgate Thistle, winners of the Scottish Junior Cup in 2008. They play at the Creamery Park and now compete in the East of Scotland Football League. Their stadium is also used for activities such as football roadshows. Bathgate FC were active between 1893 and 1938 and played at Mill Park. Motorsport Paul di Resta, former Formula One driver with Sahara Force India and now driving for Mercedes in the DTM touring car series, grew up in the town of Bathgate. He won many admirers in his debut F1 season of 2010 and had been tipped to land a seat at a constructor challenging higher up the grid in the coming seasons, but ultimately returned to DTM in 2014 after failing to secure an F1 ride for that season. He is cousin to two other notable drivers who also hail from Bathgate—the now-retired multiple IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti and his younger brother Marino, currently racing sports cars in Europe and North America. Notable people Notable Bathgate residents have included David Tennant (born in Bathgate but raised in Paisley); his father Alexander McDonald, former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland; Sir James Young Simpson, the discoverer of the anaesthetic properties of chloroform; and: Richard Bladworth Angus – Scottish-Canadian financier, banker, and philanthropist; co-founder of the Canadian Pacific Railway Fern Brady – comedian and writer Richard Brittain – professional footballer Eric Brown – professional golfer Elliot Bunney – international athlete Lewis Capaldi – singer-songwriter Isla Fisher – actress (lived here from a young age until six years old in 1982) Dario Franchitti – IndyCar racing driver Marino Franchitti – sports car racing driver; younger brother of Dario Bernard Gallacher – professional golfer Stephen Gallacher – professional golfer (nephew of Bernard) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie – indie rock band Hugh Murnin MP – Member of Parliament for Stirling and Falkirk 1922–1923, 1924–1931 David Robertson – professional footballer Alexander Russell Simpson – professor of midwifery, inventor of obstetrical forceps, nephew of James Young. Partner towns Cran-Gevrier, France and as part of West Lothian with: Hochsauerland, Germany References Bibliography Price, Glanville, Languages in Britain and Ireland (p122), Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland (1846), Groome, Francis Hindes, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish