The Calder Witch Hunt

The Calder Witch Hunt The Calder Witch Hunt is a community project supported by West Calder and Harburn Community Development Trust and West Lothian Museums Services.

We hope to discover more about accusations of witchcraft at Calder during the 17th century, build a local history resource, provide our community with opportunities to participate, and commemorate the lives of the people who were affected. We are busy building a website to sit at the centre of the project and will use it to share information about the people who were affected by witchcraft accusat

ions at Calder during the 1640s and the local places linked to their stories. The project will encompass artwork, photography, poetry, video, workshops, pop-up exhibitions, a play, and other events.

The Calder Witch Hunt exhibition is at Kirk of Calder Sundays until September. Go along anytime between 2-4pm, no need t...
10/08/2025

The Calder Witch Hunt exhibition is at Kirk of Calder Sundays until September. Go along anytime between 2-4pm, no need to book.

Please share and help tell Kirk of Calder's fascinating history.

The Calder Witch Hunt exhibition is back at Kirk of Calder Mid Calder. No need to book just go along any time between 2-...
30/05/2025

The Calder Witch Hunt exhibition is back at Kirk of Calder Mid Calder. No need to book just go along any time between 2-4pm on Sundays until September.
The Kirk dates back to the 1500s and the exhibition tells the stories of the women who were held there while accused as witches in 1644.

Our website is back after a few days offline. More updates coming soon, we’ll keep you posted.
05/04/2025

Our website is back after a few days offline. More updates coming soon, we’ll keep you posted.

The Calder Witch Hunt is a volunteer-led community project exploring and commemorating the events of 1643-45 during which at least five women were executed for the crime of “witchcraft”. This involves an exhibition, gallery, talks and workshops helping us to tell the stories in a factual, sensit...

A first glimpse of the Calder Witch Hunt commemorative panel in Union Square West Calder! Good Calder Folk Not Witches.F...
10/03/2025

A first glimpse of the Calder Witch Hunt commemorative panel in Union Square West Calder! Good Calder Folk Not Witches.

Funded by the West Calder and Harburn Community Development Trust, designed by local artist Calum McCarra.
Not quite complete yet -back panels will make it easier to read, and there will be a short interpretation board.

The three sided panel recognises our local history with other sides commemorating the local anti-slavery movement and the cooperative society.

09/12/2024
28/10/2024

Join Caroline Sutton, Lorraine Murray and Sara Kelly for an afternoon of talks about the exhibition, the witchcraft trails in Scotland and local accused with Lillias Adie. The afternoon is free but you need to reserve your tickets by ringing DCLG on 01383 602365

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Dickson Street
West Calder
EH558DZ

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