In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Mossend like this:

Mossend, a village in West Calder parish, Edinburghshire, on the left bank of West Calder Burn, 3 furlongs N of West Calder village. Pop. (1871) 940, (1881) 669.

Mossend through time

Mossend is now part of WEST LOTHIAN Council. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST LOTHIAN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mossend itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mossend, in West Lothian and Midlothian | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22229

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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