Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FALA | A. Village | David Bloomfield Blackshiels Robert Leith Fala Dam James Purvis Fala Dam |
014 | A small village Consisting of about fifty dwelling houses irregularly ranged in rows and detached in ones twos & threes they are all small buildings of one & two storys high generally all in good repair & are property fues off the Earl of Stairs Property, there is one Public house & three grocers Shops in the village, the remainder of the houses are occupied by tradesmen and agricultural labourers. |
| POST OFFICE [Fala] | A House | David Bloomfield Blackshiels Robert Leith Fala Dam James Purvis Fala Dam |
014 | A small dwelling house in good repair at which a Post Office is established for the receipt and delivery of Sitters, there is one despatch received at it every morning from Edinburgh, Dalkeith & Oford, and one forwarded from it every evening to the above offices, and one despatch received & sent each day from it to the Post Office of Upper Leith |
| MANSE [Fala] | 014 |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 42 Parish of Fala
Fala Church
A Church
David Bloomfield Blackshiels
Robert Leith Fala Dam
James Purvis Fala Dam
A Parish Church belonging to the Established body, it is a small plain stone building in good repair and having An accommodation of 450 Sittings there is an appointed Minister to it as a salary of £150 per Ann [Annum] Also a Manse of Glebe,___
[signed] F Smith c/a/ [civilian assistant] 28th July 1852
Transcriber's notes
No entry for MANSE [Fala]
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 40 - Parishes of Crichton, Fala and Soutra and Humbie, OS1/11/40
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of Crichton, Fala and Soutra, and Humbie.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Midlothian, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.