Mid calder
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 54 ′ N , 3 ° 29 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 2758 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | LIVINGSTON | ||
| ZIP code section | EH53 | ||
| prefix | 01506 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | West Lothian | ||
| British Parliament | Livingston | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Almond Valley | ||
Mid Calder is a village in the north-west of the Scottish Council Area West Lothian or in the traditional county of Edinburghshire . It is located at the confluence of Linhouse Water in the Almond directly southeast of Livingston .
history
At the location of today's Mid Calder Parish Church there were probably previous buildings since the middle of the 12th century. A church from 1150 belonging to the diocese of St Andrews was consecrated in 1241.
Around 1350, the Sandilands family , later Lords Torphichen , came into possession of the Calder lands. In 1564 James Sandilands was installed as the first Lord Torphichen and the title as well as the lands have since been inherited within the family. Their ancestral home, the mansion Calder House , was largely built in the 16th century, replacing a small fortress of an older date. In 1556, the Scottish reformer John Knox performed the Reformed Communion in public for the first time in the great hall of Calder House.
During the 18th century, Mid Calder developed through its station along the coach route from Glasgow to Edinburgh . The shale oil production in nearby Pumpherston drove the development of further progress. Today the planned town of Livingston Mid Calder , which was built in the 1960s, dominates .
traffic
Because of its proximity to Livingston, Mid Calder is well connected to the trunk road network. The A70 (Edinburgh– Ayr ), the A71 (Edinburgh– Irvine ), the A705 (Livingston– Whitburn ), the A899 (Livingston– Broxburn ) and the M8 can be reached within a few kilometers . The Edinburgh Airport is located approximately nine kilometers northeast.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Mid Calder in: FH Groome (Ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
- ↑ Network presence of the parish
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Calder House in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
