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MID CALDER

"A village and a parish on the west border of Edinburghshire. The village stands on rising ground, near the left bank of the Almond, which here receives the confluent Murieston and Linhouse Waters, 2 miles west by north of Mid Calder or Kirknewton junction."

(Extract from Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland 1885)

Church Records

The parish church has records for births dating from 1604, for marriages from 1604 and for deaths from 1734. These are held in the General Register Office for Scotland in Edinburgh and copies on microfilm may be consulted in the Midlothian Studies Centre in Loanhead and also in LDS Family History Centres around the world.

Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for Mid Calder from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Population

Below is a list of Midcalder's population in various years.

1801 1014
1831 1489
1861 1389
1871 1634
1881 1698

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