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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CHURCH (Mid Calder) | Ph [Parish] Church | 004 | This is another building of great antiquity; it stands at the south end of the village: The Church and church yard are separated from the street by a handsome iron railing and are surrounded on the other three sides by a stone wall 8 ft [feet] high. The lofty trees which overhang the walls render the situation peculiarly picturesque and beautiful The Church itself is an ancient Gothic Structure, and towards the south and East has four magnificent windows of Gothic Architecture. The upper portion of the fine arches, within, have been cut off, and a modern roof substituted, by which the antiquity of the building is greatly obscured. It appears the present building only formed the chancel, or part of the edifice originally intended which is quite obvious from the projecting stones on the North side as well as from the foundation of a wall towards the west end which was dug up a few years ago in order to enlarge the burying ground. On the stones which support the Gothic windows are sculptured various Coats of Arms of the Stewarts, Douglasses, and Torphichens, with the initials of the family name, from which there is some reason to believe that this fabric was originally erected by this noble family, of late there has been a small paltry building added to the church at the west end which in great measure destroys the look of it. No date has been found to record the time in which the Church was built. The walls of the Church are in [continued on Page 79 previous] |
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[Page] 80List of names collected by John E Darnan RS [Royal Sappers] & Miners
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[Object] House
Transcriber's notes
Description is continued on the preceding Page 79. There is no entry for Parish nor Authorities.Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
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