{"id":615,"date":"2026-07-01T01:12:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/?page_id=615"},"modified":"2026-08-04T00:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:15:20","slug":"the-calder-witches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/the-calder-witches\/","title":{"rendered":"The Calder Witches"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"615\" class=\"elementor elementor-615\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0cd114 hero-inner elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0cd114\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e0d2d5\" data-id=\"8e0d2d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01f1d8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"01f1d8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Calder Witch Hunt<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb0645e about-sec tel-sec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb0645e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c71bf8f\" data-id=\"c71bf8f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c215a02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c215a02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/witches-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-942\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/witches-1.png 629w, https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/witches-1-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6f902d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6f902d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A memorial Plaque was commissioned and placed in the Vestry in 2023<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e440d1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e440d1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/witches-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-943\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/witches-2.png 507w, https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/witches-2-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-360dcda elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"360dcda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/witches-3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-944\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/witches-3.png 516w, https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/witches-3-300x276.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c80dbf5\" data-id=\"c80dbf5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d8b3ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d8b3ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At present we still have much of the material from the Calder Witch Hunt exhibition that was held in our church in June 22 and kindly provided by the Calder Witch Hunt volunteer-led community project team. This includes costumes and stories, and the Kirk has the original penitence stool used to torture the innocent women imprisoned in our vestry and falsely accused of witchcraft. A plaque commemorating the women can also be found there. Between 1643-45 at least five women were executed for the crime of \u201cwitchcraft\u201d. Find out more about the Calder Witch Hunt by visiting Kirk of Calder or via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calderwitchhunt.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.calderwitchhunt.co.uk\/<\/a>.<\/p><p>The exhibition can be viewed every year on every Sunday from May to September 2026 between 2 and 4pm when &#8220;The Friends of Kirk of Calder&#8221; open the Kirk for Visitors<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa1fe91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa1fe91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Link to the Witches memorial Website <a href=\"https:\/\/witches.is.ed.ac.uk\/\">https:\/\/witches.is.ed.ac.uk\/<\/a>memorials<\/strong><\/p><p>View the YouTube video on its installation here<\/p><p><iframe title=\"Calder witch hunt memorial stone\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/966a0WZR928?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-960c431 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"960c431\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Our former<\/strong> minister (Rev John Povey) also prepared a pamphlet on the Witch Hunts,\u00a0 and he would often give talks to local organisations on the subject!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9dfe046 about-sec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9dfe046\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f509fd5\" data-id=\"f509fd5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7578b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c7578b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/witches5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-621\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/witches5.jpg 435w, https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/witches5-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52116ef\" data-id=\"52116ef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de9f430 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de9f430\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Witch Hunts<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70ecb2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70ecb2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The basis of this article is the pamphlet by our former minister Rev John M Povey, MA BD. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It covers initially the background to the pursuit of Witches in Scotland, and then more particularly in the Parish of Calder.<br \/>Although long after not a Witch &#8211; There is also a postscript on<b>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirkofcalder.com\/witches.htm#Lizzie_Brice\">Lizzie Brice<\/a>\u00a0(Bryce)<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><b>Witchcraft in Scotland<br \/><\/b>Refurbished in 1995, the Stained glass windows are considered to be of very fine quality, not often seen in provincial churches of this kind. Despite being of similar profiles, all the windows all have different stone mullion patterns<\/p><p>The older part of the building constructed in 1541 has two stained glass windows. The oldest is the East window (above the present balcony) which according to the Kirk session minutes of 1864 indicates that a window designed by Messrs, Field and Allen, Frederick street, Edinburgh had been inserted as a replacement for an earlier window. It depicts the four evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0280702 about-sec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0280702\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96bab4b\" data-id=\"96bab4b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db92eeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"db92eeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Witchcraft Act<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ea3a3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ea3a3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An interesting footnote for those who think that trials for witchcraft were confined to our superstitious ancestors long ago; In 1944, Helen Duncan (1898-1956), a Scottish medium, was the last person to be jailed under the 1735 Witchcraft Act. A court was told she claimed to have conjured up the spirit of a sailor killed on HMS Barham during World War II. The sinking of this ship was supposed to be a military secret and the British authorities decided to prosecute because they reportedly feared that Helen Duncan might reveal plans for the D- Day landings. She was convicted of &#8220;pretending to raise spirits from the dead&#8221; and sentenced to 9 months in prison. The 1735 Witchcraft Act was only finally repealed in 1951.<\/p><div align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de241cd\" data-id=\"de241cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b40279 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b40279\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"168\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/cwsdemowebsites.com\/kirk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/witches6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-631\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24cc6c1 witch-sec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24cc6c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a806ef\" data-id=\"4a806ef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e10022 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e10022\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Witchcraft in the Parish <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a5ee27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a5ee27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The &#8220;Calder Witches&#8221; were said at the time to be as proverbial as the Lancashire witches in England. Cunnigar hill in the village was known as &#8220;Witches Knowe&#8221; and was the spot where witches were put to death.<\/p><div align=\"left\"><table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tbody><tr><td valign=\"top\" width=\"7%\" height=\"32\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><b>1591\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/td><td width=\"93%\" height=\"32\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><b>John Spottiswood<\/b>e (Minister from 1<span style=\"font-size: small;\">585-1604)\u00a0<\/span>was enthusiastic in the persecution of witches and wrote in 1591\u00a0<i>&#8220;Much of the winter as been spent in the discovery and examination of witches and sorcerers&#8221;<\/i><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td valign=\"top\" width=\"7%\" height=\"32\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><b>1644<\/b><\/span><\/td><td width=\"93%\" height=\"32\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><b>Hew Kennedie\u00a0<\/b>(Minister from 1643-1660) began his career in Mid Calder with a zealous crusade against witches. We have records of four incidents that year.<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td valign=\"top\" width=\"7%\" height=\"48\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><b>1644<\/b><\/span><\/td><td width=\"93%\" height=\"48\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><b>Agnes Bischope<\/b>\u00a0who was detained in the tollbooth in Linlithgow, was brought back to Calder and after due &#8220;<i>trial and examination&#8221; confessed to be a &#8220;common charmer and heinous and notorious witch&#8221;\u00a0<\/i>and was condemned to be executed according to the law&#8221;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td valign=\"top\" width=\"7%\" height=\"32\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><b>1644<\/b><\/span><\/td><td width=\"93%\" height=\"32\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The records show that a\u00a0<b>David Aikman\u00a0<\/b>paid the Kirk Session 100 merks to defray expenses incurred in the trial, imprisonment and execution of his wife.<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td valign=\"top\" width=\"7%\" height=\"49\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><b>1644<\/b><\/span><\/td><td width=\"93%\" height=\"49\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The Kirk Session minutes of September relate that &#8220;<i>being the Sabbath day,<b>\u00a0Jeanne Andersoune\u00a0<\/b>made publict satisfaction in sackcloth for charming, and the minister made certifactioun to her if ever should be tryed to use charming hereafter she should be held to be a witc<\/i>h&#8221;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td valign=\"top\" width=\"7%\" height=\"81\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><b>1644<\/b><\/span><\/td><td width=\"93%\" height=\"81\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">And one that got off ! &#8211; The register of the Privy Council in December states &#8221;\u00a0<i>Complaint by\u00a0<b>Margaret Thomson<\/b>\u00a0in Calder against the Tutor and minister of that parish for &#8216;waking her the space of twenty days naked and having nothing on her but a sackloth&#8217; under a charge of witchcraft. Also that she had laid in the stocks and kept separate from all company and worldly comfort, nor could she see any end to her misery by lawfull trial&#8217;. The Lords having the minister and tutor before them and no regular charge being forthcoming, ordained her to be liberated&#8221;<\/i><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td valign=\"top\" width=\"7%\" height=\"16\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><b>1720<\/b><\/span><\/td><td width=\"93%\" height=\"16\"><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><b>The Strange Case of 1720 &#8211;\u00a0<\/b>The best known case of witchcraft in Mid Calder came strangely as late as 1720. The\u00a0<b>Hon Patrick Sandiland<\/b>s, third son of J<b>ames, 7th Lord Torphichen<\/b>\u00a0, and then a boy of twelve years was said to be bewitched. Declaring that some old women and a man in Calder had bewitched him, he fell down in trances\u00a0<i>&#8220;from which no horse-whipping could rouse him till he chose his own time to revive&#8221;\u00a0<\/i>pronounced prophecies, and was said to be the subject of of other strange phenomena as such as being lifted in the air by &#8220;i<i>nvisible hand<\/i>s&#8221;<br \/><b>Lord Torphichen<\/b>\u00a0believed him and many unfortunate local people were arrested and put in prison. The family appealed\u00a0 through the parish minister\u00a0<b>John\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Lookup<\/b>\u00a0(Minister from 1698-1758), to the Presbytery, which appointed a delegation to meet in Mid Calder on Thursday 14th January 1720 for a day of fasting and prayer. At the end of the day the five accused had confessed to being involved, however the time had long since passed when people were executed for sorcery, and as the youth in time recovered, the alleged witches were publicly rebuked in church and allowed to go free.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f853f40 hill-sec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f853f40\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47b68dc\" data-id=\"47b68dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29a84a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"29a84a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/30-QqXt647c&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd80e05\" data-id=\"bd80e05\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95cf5b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95cf5b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cunnigar Hill <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19c859d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19c859d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To find\u00a0<b>Cunnigar Hill<\/b>\u00a0if starting at the Church &#8211; it is an approx 5 minute walk. Travel North on Main St (towards the village) passing our church hall (the Glenalmond Hall) on the left. With the &#8220;<b>Black Bull Pub<\/b>&#8221; in front of you, turn right then immediately left into Bank St (noticing on the right &#8220;The McPovey&#8221; &#8211; a\u00a0 metal Highland Cow placed in honour of our previous minister),\u00a0 keeping hairdresser\u00a0 &#8216;<b>&#8220;Just -a-Head&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0on your right travel 25 metres down the lane and turn immediately left, carry on to &#8220;<b>Abbey J Cakes&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0on the left and go down the path into the park and after 30 metres Cunnigar Hill will be revealed s on your left!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calder Witch Hunt A memorial Plaque was commissioned and placed in the Vestry in 2023 At present we still have much of the material from the Calder Witch Hunt exhibition that was held in our church in June 22 and kindly provided by the Calder Witch Hunt volunteer-led community project team. 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