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West Calder, Church of Scotland
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Church of Scotland,
Main St,
West Calder
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It was built in 1880, as a repalcement for the old kirk nearby.
The church website has a history of the church, and it's predecessor.
OPRs (Old Parish Registers) are available from 1645 (Births), 1677 (Marriages) and 1677 (Deaths), although there are substantial gaps, eg marriages are missing from 1687 - 1752.
Full details of the gaps, omissions, etc, can be found on the NRS.
It is located at NT0132962917 (Lat/Lon 55.849325, -3.577553). You can see this on maps provided by:
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- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)