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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Calder, West, par. and town with ry. sta., W. Edinburghshire, 15¾ miles SW. of Edinburgh and 30¼ miles E. of Glasgow -- par., 21,089 ac. (303 water), pop. 7681; town, pop. 2291; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; coal, ironstone, bituminous shale, and limestone are worked.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and town with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | West Calder ScoP Midlothian ScoCnty |
| Place names: | CALDER | CALDER WEST | WEST CALDER |
| Place: | West Calder |
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