Falae

Falae

Near Fala Mill, looking towards Fala Dam
Falae is located in Midlothian
Falae
Falae
Location within Midlowden
OS grid referenceNT446603
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Postcode destrictEH37
Diallin code01875
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55°50′02″N 2°53′02″W / 55.834°N 2.884°W / 55.834; -2.884Coordinates: 55°50′02″N 2°53′02″W / 55.834°N 2.884°W / 55.834; -2.884

Falae is a clachan in the sooth-eastren corner o Midlowden, Scotland, an aboot 15 mile frae Edinburgh.

Location

The pairish o the same name is aboot five mile lang east til wast, an ae mile braid frae north til sooth, an haes aboot 3,120 acre (12.6 km2).[1] It is surroondit bi the pairishes o Humbie tae the east, Soutra tae the sooth, Heriot & Stow tae the wast an tae the north bi detached pairts o Borthwick, Cranstoun, an Crichtoun. Fala Hall Burn rises in the muir tae the sooth o Fala Flow an forms the mairch atween Fala an Soutra pairishes. The burns eventual rin intae the Cakemuir Burn abuin Costerton. Acause o its location, the clachan, an Fala Dam due tae its topography, can aft get cut aff fae the ooter warld durin hivy snawfaws, wi residents kent tae be snawed in fur several day.

Hieweys

In 1834 a road (the A68 the day), wi a still extant Toll Hoose at Fala, wis biggit atween Edinburgh an Lauder, an it rins throu the pairish, merkin aff the cultivatit launds tae the east frae the pasturs tae the wast. Tae the wast o this hiewey is the King's Road, that is said tae hae been makit bi King Malcolm IV tae cross the Lammermuirs tae Lauderdale. Dere Street, the Roman road, can be traced at sindry places on the hills thewarts Channelkirk tae the soothwast o the A68.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hanson, Liz (2015). Midlothian Through Time. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445635125.
  2. ↑ "Wardrop, Rev. James, (died 6 July 1909), Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology, New College, Edinburgh, 1892–1903", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, retrieved 6 Februar 2025

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