Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Mid Calder within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Calder, Mid, par. and vil., W. Edinburghshire, near left bank of river Almond, 2¼ miles W. of its ry. sta. and 11½ miles SW. of Edindinburgh -- par., 12,294 ac., pop. 1695; vil., pop. 657; P.O., T.O.; has rich beds of bituminous shale, from which are extracted large quantities of paraffin oil and other chemicals; 2 miles W. of ry. sta. is Calder House, the seat of Lord Torphichen, where John Knox first dispensed the sacrament of the Lord's Supper after the Reformation.