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©'.air Thomas, blacksmith, South Middleton
Buchan James, grocer, Newlandrlgg
'Cochrane William, blacksmith, Castleton
â– Cook James, factor, Home farm.
'Easterbrook Alexander Maitland ALB., CAT.
surgeon, Afullabrack house
ELumsden Walter, joiner, North Middleton
PendroiK'h James & Son Lim.
corn, oatmeaL pearl barley & feeding
meal merchants & millers, Catcune mills.
TA " Pendreigh, Gorebridge''; TN 2
Gorebridge
"Held John Hudson, registrar of births,
deaths & marriages & schoolmaster
Thomson Robert, brick & tile manufacturer,
Newlandrlgg
FARMERS IN, BORTHWTCK PARISH.
Bathgate Wm. Thomson, Guildie Howes frm
â– Clapperton Jn. Wrights Houses & Mount
i Crichton James, Parduvine
â– â– Cunningham Robert & Wm. Currie Mains
Dickson William, Vogrie Mains
iFairley Richard, Loquheriot
â– Hardman Thomas, Southside
Hunter James, Castleton
"Hutchison James, Borthwick Mains
;5Cerr James, Toxside hill
Liddle John, Blinkbonny
M cLaren Charles & James, Middleton mains
{Pate Andrew, Easter Middleton
â– Pate Thomas, Wester Middleton
Penrlreigh George, Catcune farm
Pringle Thomas, Old Middleton
Scott William, Mountskip
Simpson John & James, Halflawkiln
•Smith Joseph, Borthwlck
Spratt Robert, Currie inn
White Robert, Halkerston
"Wilson Mrs. Torcraik
Stobb's Mills.
l Inch Robert M.B. Stobbs Mill house
COMMERCIAL.
Brunton John, spirit dealer
Cornwall Thomas, boot maker
JJuncan Andrew, tobacconist
â– Gillies James, tailor & clothier
Inch Robert M.B., CM. Edin. surgeon,
Stobbs Mill house
CAITHA, see Stow.
.EAST CALDEE is a village, 1 mile
east from Mid-Calder, on the south road
from Edinburgh to Glasgow. It was origin-
ally a parish of itself, but is now united to
â– Kirknewton. The nearest railway station is
Mid-Calder, about 1£ miles distant, on the
Edinburgh and Glasgow section of the
Caledonian system. St. Cuthbert's church,
now an ivy-clad ruin at the west end of
*the village, was built by Randolph de
'Clere in the 12th century. The barony
"was given in 1306 by Robert Bruce to James
Douglas, an ancestor of the Earls of Morton.
The population in 1891 was 974, and in
1901, 1,094.
•Post & M. 0. 0.— Miss Margaret Martin,
postmistress. Letters arrive from Mid-
Calder at 8.50 a.m. & 8 p.m. & are dis-
patched thereto at 11.30 a.m. & 4 & 8.30
p.m. Telegraph office at Mid-Calder,
about one mile distant
"Literary Institute. James Black, sec
UPolice Station, Robert Dick, constable
Public Hall, Joseph Baxter, keeper
^United Free Church, Rev, William Cherry
Soman Catholic Church.Bev.Thos.Monaghan
Board School, James Black, master
-Roman Catholic School,
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Ohecry Rev. William, TJ. F. C. manse
ILyon Thomas Malcolm Murray M.D.
Calder hall
"Kerr Airs. Merival cottage
Miller Andrew, Ivy bank
Monaghan Rev. Thomas (R. C), The Pres-
bytery, Kilronan park
COMMERCIAL.
Black James, schoolmaster
. â– Cleghorn Robert, Grapes inn
â– Craig Robert, tailor
East Calder Institute (James Black, sec)
Kidd David, dairyman
Xillman John, confectioner
Tyon Thomas Malcolm Alurray M.D. sur-
geon, parochial medical officer & public
vaccinator for Mid-Calder &. Kirknewton,
Calder hall
Alartin William & Co. grocers
Martin William, baker
Millar Andrew, butcher
Millar John & Adam, grocers
Millar James, dairyman
Oakbank Co-operative Store Co. Limited
(John Reraaie, manager)
Public Hall (Joseph Baxter, keeper)
Roberts W.. â– & H, coach proprietors
EDINBUEGHSHIRE.
Robertson J. & D. coach proprs
Rutherford John, Mason's Arms P.H
Stark Alexander H. grocer
Sutherland E. (Mrs.), grocer
Wnddell Samuel, slater
Wallace Robert, joiner
Wiseman David, painter
Young William, stationer
Young John, veterinary surgeon
Young John, blacksmith
MID-CALDER is a parish and village
in the small debt court district of Edm
burgh ; the parish is bounded north and
Qonh-east by XJphall, east by Kirknewton,
south and west. by West Calder and north
west by Livingstone. The village, pleas-
antly situated on an eminence between the
water of Linnhouse and the river Almond,
on the road from Glasgow to Edinburgh, is
12 miles west-south-west from Edinburgh,
and 8J east from Whitburn, and has a
station about 2^ miles distant, on the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow section of the Caledonian
railway. Calder wood, which is of consider-
able extent, overkangs the village. The soil
in the northern district is light, dry and
fertile, in the southern the surface undulates
towards the Pentland hills. About one-
third of the entire area of the parish is
under tillage ; in the remaining portion
there are several beds of rich, bituminous
=hale,£rom which a large quantity of paraffin
oil and other chemical products are ex-
tracted at the different work3. Coal abounds
in the parish, and on the estate of Calder
House, the property of Lord Torphichen. is
an extensive bed of freestone of excellent
quality* Fairs are held on the second Tues-
day in March, and on the Friday after the
second Tuesday in October. The parish
church, originally founded by Duncan,
Thane of Fife, m the early part of the
13 th century, was rebuilt on the ancient
site by Peter Sandilands, a scion of the
noble family of Torphichen, in 1541, and
has since oeen enlarged and restored at a
cost of over £3,000. Calder House is the
seat of Lord Torphichen J. P. ; John Knox,
in the hall of this mansion, first dispensed
the sacrament of the Lord's supper after the
Reformation, and his portrait hangs in it.
The house of Greenbank, in the vicinity,
was the birthplace, in 1565, of John Spottis-
woode, Archbishop of Glasgow (1603-15),
and of. St. Andrew's (1615). The Earl of
Euchan, Lord Torphichen and Lieut.-Col,
James Hare J. P. are the principal land-
owners. Pumpherston is a village in the
north of this parish, in connection with
the Shale Oil works. The area comprises
12,100 acres; rateable value, £15,029; the
population in 1901 was 3,132, including 703
in the village of Mid-Calder, and in the
village of Pumpberston, 1,462.
Post, T., M. O., T. M. 0., E. D. & P. P.
0., S. B. & A. & I. 0. Mid-Calder.—
Miss Elizabeth M. Hislop, postmistress.
Letters from all parts arrive at 7.30 a.m.
& 6.30 p.m. & are dispatched at 11.20
a.m. & 5.10 & 10 p.m. Telegraph office
open, 7.30 a.m. to S p.m
Post, T. & M. O. 0, & S. B. Pumpherston.
— Alexander Robertson, sub-postmaster.
Letters arrive from Mid-Calder at 8.30
a.m. & 7.30 p.m.; dispatched, 4 & 8 p.m
Post Office, Oak Bank. — Mrs. Margaret
Murray, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive
from Mid-Calder at 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched,
4 p.m. Postal. Orders are issued & paid.
Mid-Calder is the nearest money order &
telegraph office, 1 mile distant
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, I. Balfour Sneddon, Calder bank
Clerk, Samuel Hislop
Inspector of Toor & Registrar of Births.
Deaths &. Marriages, Samuel Hislop
Collector of Rates, R. Stratton Wilson
Literary Institute, Samuel Hislop, hon.
Bee. ; R. Stratton Wilson, hon. treas
Police Station, George Adamson, inspector
Established Church, Rev. David John Moir
Porteous
United Free Church, Rev. T. Whyte
Paterson
SCHOOL BOARD.
Chairman, James Bryson, Pumpherston
Clerk, \v alter Brown
Board Schools: —
Mid-Calder, James Stevens, master
Bell's Quarry, Richard Shields, master
Pumpherston, David Shaw 1 , master
MID-CALDKR. 535
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY.
Station, about 2£ miles from Mid-Calder,
James Colville, station master
Station, Newpark
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Ash Capt. Percy Clayton, Alderstone house
Brown William, Charlesfield house
Duncan William, Newpark
Gardiner-Smith Mrs. Georgeville
Glegg Charles S., M.B., CM. Ashville
Jjiwrle Misses
Miller William, Almond bank
Pater son James J. P. (of Bankton)
Paterson Rev. T: Whyte U. F. C. manse
Porteous Rev. David John Moir (Estab.),
Manse
Saunders James S. The Cottage
Sneddon J. Balfour, Calder bank
Somerville Miss, Almondvale
Stoddart J. E. (of Howden)
Thomson Alexander C. The Birches
Torphichen Lord J.P. Calder house
Wyllie James, New Calder mills
COMMERCIAL.
Early closing day, Wednesday.
Adamson George, inspector of police
Armstrong Lizzie (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Baird William & Co. limestone quarry
owners, Westfield
Barclay John T. plumber
Bishop James, land steward to J. E. Stod-
dart esq. (of Howden)
Brown Walter, joiner & clerk to the school
board
Brownlie Alexander B. harness maker
Campbell John, builder, Newpark
Campbell — , land steward to Lord Tor-
phichen (of Calder house)
Campbell William, miller, Linns mill
Clydesdale Bank Limited (branch) (R.
Stratton Wilson, agent ; William M.
Swan, accountant) ; draw on London
office, 30 Lombard street E C
Cowie Thomas, butcher
Dick E. (Mrs.), confectioner
Dickson William E. Torphichen Arms hotel
Douglas James, slater & plasterer
Edgar Alexander, Black Bull P.H
Gas Works (Samue'l Hislop, sec)
Glegg Chas.S., M.B., CM. surgn. Ashville
Hislop Elizabeth M. (Miss), postmistress
Hislop Samuel, registrar of births, deaths
& marriages, inspector of poor, clerk to
parish council & insurance agent
Hcod Thomas & Benjamin, grocers
Hunter David, baker
Kirkland John, road surveyor, Brewery ho
Lightbody Thomas, boot maker
Literary Institute (Samuel Hislop, hon.
sec. ; R. Stratton Wilson, hon. treas)
McBeth Elizh. (Mrs.), grocer, Bell's quarry
Miller Robert, confectioner & milliner
Munro James, grocer
Murray Margaret (Mrs.), postmistress,
Oak bank
Newton Christina (Miss), drpr. & dress ma
Oakbank Oil Co. Lim. (Alexander C Thom-
son, manager) ; head office, 39 St. Vincent
place Glasgow. TA " Oakbank, Mid
Calder "
Paris William, timber merchantmen's qrry
Pender Thomas, Market inn
Pow Joseph, fruiterer
Pumpherston Oil Co. Limited, mineral oil
manufacturers (William Fraser, managing
director) ; TA " Pumpherston, Mid
Calder "
Reid Thomas, blacksmith, Bell's quarry
Riddell Andrew A. watch maker
Robertson Alexander W. grocer & post-
master, Pumpherston
Russell John, dairyman, Hog hill
Shaw David, schoolmaster, Pumpherston
Shields Richard, schoolmaster, Bell's qrry
Small William, blacksmith, Ersklne place
Smith Robert & Son, millers & grain mer-
chants, West mills
Smith John Young, baker
Stevens James, schoolmaster
Swan John, grocer
Terris John, blacksmith
Walker William- hair dresser
Wardlaw William, stationer
West Calder Co-operative Society Limited
(branch) (William Pratt, managing di-
rector) ; & Pumpherston
Wilson R. Stratton, insurance agent &
rate collector
Wylie James, paper maker.New Calder mils
Young John D. wine & spirit dealer
FARMERS.
Allan Thomas, Clifton
Borthwick James, Howden park
Brownlee Alexander, Neather Alderstone
i Buchanan James R. Adambrae
I Buchanan' Robert,_ Livingston mill
Causewayend, Miss Elizh- Rutherford,mist Campbell James, Tlliaton