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Jack Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: water. This was brought in1781 from the neighbouring Lomonds by means of pipes,and is distributed by wells situated in dilfercnt parts ofthe burgh. This useful public work cost aljout £400sterling, and was executed at the expense of the lorpora-tion. Falkland lias a post office under Ladybank, withmoney order, savings bank, and telegraph departments,a branch office of the British Linen Comiiany Hank, 3insuiance agencies, 2 hotels, gas-works, and a masoniclodge. The town-house, which is ornamented with aspire, was erected in 1802, and contains a hall in whichthe burgh courts and the meetings of the town-councilare held ; its lower story, occupied now by a drapersshop, served originally as a lock-up house. The parishchurch, built in 1849, by the late 0. T. Bruce, E.sq., ata cost of £7000, is a handsome Gothic edifice, with afine siiire and 900 sittings. There is also a Free church,whilst at Freuchie, 2 miles to the eastward, are anotherEstablished and a U.P. church. The manufacture of Text Appearing After Image: Seal of Falkland. FALKLAND liiions nnd woollens is the staple industry, brewing andInick-making being also carried on. Pop. (1S41) 1313,(1861) 1184, (IS/i) 1283, (1881) 1068, of whom 972were in the royal burgh. The lands ot Falkland, including what now constitutesthe burgh, belonged originally to the Crown, and were ob-tained Irom Malcolm IV. InDuncan, sixth Karl of Fife,upon the occasion of his marriage with Ada, the nieceof the king. In the charter conferring them, which isdated 1160, the name is spelled Falecklen. The landsof Falkland continued, with the title and other estates,with the descendants of Duncan until 1371, when Isobel,Countess of Fife, the last of the ancient race, conveyed theearldom and estates to Robert Stewart, Earl of Monteith,second son of Robert II., who thus became seventeenthEarl of Fife, and in 1398 was created Duke of Albany. Ontiie forfeiture of his son, Murdoch, in 1424, the lands ofFalkland reverted to the Crown, and the town wasshortly afterwards erecte Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: ordnancegazettee03groo Title: Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical Year: 1882 (1880s) Authors: Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902 Subjects: Publisher: Edinburgh : T.C. Jack Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: water. This was brought in1781 from the neighbouring Lomonds by means of pipes,and is distributed by wells situated in dilfercnt parts ofthe burgh. This useful public work cost aljout £400sterling, and was executed at the expense of the lorpora-tion. Falkland lias a post office under Ladybank, withmoney order, savings bank, and telegraph departments,a branch office of the British Linen Comiiany Hank, 3insuiance agencies, 2 hotels, gas-works, and a masoniclodge. The town-house, which is ornamented with aspire, was erected in 1802, and contains a hall in whichthe burgh courts and the meetings of the town-councilare held ; its lower story, occupied now by a drapersshop, served originally as a lock-up house. The parishchurch, built in 1849, by the late 0. T. Bruce, E.sq., ata cost of £7000, is a handsome Gothic edifice, with afine siiire and 900 sittings. There is also a Free church,whilst at Freuchie, 2 miles to the eastward, are anotherEstablished and a U.P. church. The manufacture of Text Appearing After Image: Seal of Falkland. FALKLAND liiions nnd woollens is the staple industry, brewing andInick-making being also carried on. Pop. (1S41) 1313,(1861) 1184, (IS/i) 1283, (1881) 1068, of whom 972were in the royal burgh. The lands ot Falkland, including what now constitutesthe burgh, belonged originally to the Crown, and were ob-tained Irom Malcolm IV. InDuncan, sixth Karl of Fife,upon the occasion of his marriage with Ada, the nieceof the king. In the charter conferring them, which isdated 1160, the name is spelled Falecklen. The landsof Falkland continued, with the title and other estates,with the descendants of Duncan until 1371, when Isobel,Countess of Fife, the last of the ancient race, conveyed theearldom and estates to Robert Stewart, Earl of Monteith,second son of Robert II., who thus became seventeenthEarl of Fife, and in 1398 was created Duke of Albany. Ontiie forfeiture of his son, Murdoch, in 1424, the lands ofFalkland reverted to the Crown, and the town wasshortly afterwards erecte Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: ordnancegazettee03groo Title: Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical Year: 1882 (1880s) Authors: Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902 Subjects: Publisher: Edinburgh : T.C. Jack Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: water. This was brought in1781 from the neighbouring Lomonds by means of pipes,and is distributed by wells situated in dilfercnt parts ofthe burgh. This useful public work cost aljout £400sterling, and was executed at the expense of the lorpora-tion. Falkland lias a post office under Ladybank, withmoney order, savings bank, and telegraph departments,a branch office of the British Linen Comiiany Hank, 3insuiance agencies, 2 hotels, gas-works, and a masoniclodge. The town-house, which is ornamented with aspire, was erected in 1802, and contains a hall in whichthe burgh courts and the meetings of the town-councilare held ; its lower story, occupied now by a drapersshop, served originally as a lock-up house. The parishchurch, built in 1849, by the late 0. T. Bruce, E.sq., ata cost of £7000, is a handsome Gothic edifice, with afine siiire and 900 sittings. There is also a Free church,whilst at Freuchie, 2 miles to the eastward, are anotherEstablished and a U.P. church. The manufacture of Text Appearing After Image: Seal of Falkland. FALKLAND liiions nnd woollens is the staple industry, brewing andInick-making being also carried on. Pop. (1S41) 1313,(1861) 1184, (IS/i) 1283, (1881) 1068, of whom 972were in the royal burgh. The lands ot Falkland, including what now constitutesthe burgh, belonged originally to the Crown, and were ob-tained Irom Malcolm IV. InDuncan, sixth Karl of Fife,upon the occasion of his marriage with Ada, the nieceof the king. In the charter conferring them, which isdated 1160, the name is spelled Falecklen. The landsof Falkland continued, with the title and other estates,with the descendants of Duncan until 1371, when Isobel,Countess of Fife, the last of the ancient race, conveyed theearldom and estates to Robert Stewart, Earl of Monteith,second son of Robert II., who thus became seventeenthEarl of Fife, and in 1398 was created Duke of Albany. Ontiie forfeiture of his son, Murdoch, in 1424, the lands ofFalkland reverted to the Crown, and the town wasshortly afterwards erecte Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: ordnancegazettee03groo Title: Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical Year: 1882 (1880s) Authors: Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902 Subjects: Publisher: Edinburgh : T.C. Jack Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: water. This was brought in1781 from the neighbouring Lomonds by means of pipes,and is distributed by wells situated in dilfercnt parts ofthe burgh. This useful public work cost aljout £400sterling, and was executed at the expense of the lorpora-tion. Falkland lias a post office under Ladybank, withmoney order, savings bank, and telegraph departments,a branch office of the British Linen Comiiany Hank, 3insuiance agencies, 2 hotels, gas-works, and a masoniclodge. The town-house, which is ornamented with aspire, was erected in 1802, and contains a hall in whichthe burgh courts and the meetings of the town-councilare held ; its lower story, occupied now by a drapersshop, served originally as a lock-up house. The parishchurch, built in 1849, by the late 0. T. Bruce, E.sq., ata cost of £7000, is a handsome Gothic edifice, with afine siiire and 900 sittings. There is also a Free church,whilst at Freuchie, 2 miles to the eastward, are anotherEstablished and a U.P. church. The manufacture of Text Appearing After Image: Seal of Falkland. FALKLAND liiions nnd woollens is the staple industry, brewing andInick-making being also carried on. Pop. (1S41) 1313,(1861) 1184, (IS/i) 1283, (1881) 1068, of whom 972were in the royal burgh. The lands ot Falkland, including what now constitutesthe burgh, belonged originally to the Crown, and were ob-tained Irom Malcolm IV. InDuncan, sixth Karl of Fife,upon the occasion of his marriage with Ada, the nieceof the king. In the charter conferring them, which isdated 1160, the name is spelled Falecklen. The landsof Falkland continued, with the title and other estates,with the descendants of Duncan until 1371, when Isobel,Countess of Fife, the last of the ancient race, conveyed theearldom and estates to Robert Stewart, Earl of Monteith,second son of Robert II., who thus became seventeenthEarl of Fife, and in 1398 was created Duke of Albany. Ontiie forfeiture of his son, Murdoch, in 1424, the lands ofFalkland reverted to the Crown, and the town wasshortly afterwards erecte Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: ordnancegazettee03groo Title: Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical Year: 1882 (1880s) Authors: Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902 Subjects: Publisher: Edinburgh : T.C. Jack Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: water. This was brought in1781 from the neighbouring Lomonds by means of pipes,and is distributed by wells situated in dilfercnt parts ofthe burgh. This useful public work cost aljout £400sterling, and was executed at the expense of the lorpora-tion. Falkland lias a post office under Ladybank, withmoney order, savings bank, and telegraph departments,a branch office of the British Linen Comiiany Hank, 3insuiance agencies, 2 hotels, gas-works, and a masoniclodge. The town-house, which is ornamented with aspire, was erected in 1802, and contains a hall in whichthe burgh courts and the meetings of the town-councilare held ; its lower story, occupied now by a drapersshop, served originally as a lock-up house. The parishchurch, built in 1849, by the late 0. T. Bruce, E.sq., ata cost of £7000, is a handsome Gothic edifice, with afine siiire and 900 sittings. There is also a Free church,whilst at Freuchie, 2 miles to the eastward, are anotherEstablished and a U.P. church. The manufacture of Text Appearing After Image: Seal of Falkland. FALKLAND liiions nnd woollens is the staple industry, brewing andInick-making being also carried on. Pop. (1S41) 1313,(1861) 1184, (IS/i) 1283, (1881) 1068, of whom 972were in the royal burgh. The lands ot Falkland, including what now constitutesthe burgh, belonged originally to the Crown, and were ob-tained Irom Malcolm IV. InDuncan, sixth Karl of Fife,upon the occasion of his marriage with Ada, the nieceof the king. In the charter conferring them, which isdated 1160, the name is spelled Falecklen. The landsof Falkland continued, with the title and other estates,with the descendants of Duncan until 1371, when Isobel,Countess of Fife, the last of the ancient race, conveyed theearldom and estates to Robert Stewart, Earl of Monteith,second son of Robert II., who thus became seventeenthEarl of Fife, and in 1398 was created Duke of Albany. Ontiie forfeiture of his son, Murdoch, in 1424, the lands ofFalkland reverted to the Crown, and the town wasshortly afterwards erecte Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: ordnancegazettee03groo Title: Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical Year: 1882 (1880s) Authors: Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902 Subjects: Publisher: Edinburgh : T.C. Jack Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: water. This was brought in1781 from the neighbouring Lomonds by means of pipes,and is distributed by wells situated in dilfercnt parts ofthe burgh. This useful public work cost aljout £400sterling, and was executed at the expense of the lorpora-tion. Falkland lias a post office under Ladybank, withmoney order, savings bank, and telegraph departments,a branch office of the British Linen Comiiany Hank, 3insuiance agencies, 2 hotels, gas-works, and a masoniclodge. The town-house, which is ornamented with aspire, was erected in 1802, and contains a hall in whichthe burgh courts and the meetings of the town-councilare held ; its lower story, occupied now by a drapersshop, served originally as a lock-up house. The parishchurch, built in 1849, by the late 0. T. Bruce, E.sq., ata cost of £7000, is a handsome Gothic edifice, with afine siiire and 900 sittings. There is also a Free church,whilst at Freuchie, 2 miles to the eastward, are anotherEstablished and a U.P. church. The manufacture of Text Appearing After Image: Seal of Falkland. FALKLAND liiions nnd woollens is the staple industry, brewing andInick-making being also carried on. Pop. (1S41) 1313,(1861) 1184, (IS/i) 1283, (1881) 1068, of whom 972were in the royal burgh. The lands ot Falkland, including what now constitutesthe burgh, belonged originally to the Crown, and were ob-tained Irom Malcolm IV. InDuncan, sixth Karl of Fife,upon the occasion of his marriage with Ada, the nieceof the king. In the charter conferring them, which isdated 1160, the name is spelled Falecklen. The landsof Falkland continued, with the title and other estates,with the descendants of Duncan until 1371, when Isobel,Countess of Fife, the last of the ancient race, conveyed theearldom and estates to Robert Stewart, Earl of Monteith,second son of Robert II., who thus became seventeenthEarl of Fife, and in 1398 was created Duke of Albany. Ontiie forfeiture of his son, Murdoch, in 1424, the lands ofFalkland reverted to the Crown, and the town wasshortly afterwards erecte Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: ordnancegazettee03groo Title: Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical Year: 1882 (1880s) Authors: Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902 Subjects: Publisher: Edinburgh : T.C. Jack Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: water. This was brought in1781 from the neighbouring Lomonds by means of pipes,and is distributed by wells situated in dilfercnt parts ofthe burgh. This useful public work cost aljout £400sterling, and was executed at the expense of the lorpora-tion. Falkland lias a post office under Ladybank, withmoney order, savings bank, and telegraph departments,a branch office of the British Linen Comiiany Hank, 3insuiance agencies, 2 hotels, gas-works, and a masoniclodge. The town-house, which is ornamented with aspire, was erected in 1802, and contains a hall in whichthe burgh courts and the meetings of the town-councilare held ; its lower story, occupied now by a drapersshop, served originally as a lock-up house. The parishchurch, built in 1849, by the late 0. T. Bruce, E.sq., ata cost of £7000, is a handsome Gothic edifice, with afine siiire and 900 sittings. There is also a Free church,whilst at Freuchie, 2 miles to the eastward, are anotherEstablished and a U.P. church. The manufacture of Text Appearing After Image: Seal of Falkland. FALKLAND liiions nnd woollens is the staple industry, brewing andInick-making being also carried on. Pop. (1S41) 1313,(1861) 1184, (IS/i) 1283, (1881) 1068, of whom 972were in the royal burgh. The lands ot Falkland, including what now constitutesthe burgh, belonged originally to the Crown, and were ob-tained Irom Malcolm IV. InDuncan, sixth Karl of Fife,upon the occasion of his marriage with Ada, the nieceof the king. In the charter conferring them, which isdated 1160, the name is spelled Falecklen. The landsof Falkland continued, with the title and other estates,with the descendants of Duncan until 1371, when Isobel,Countess of Fife, the last of the ancient race, conveyed theearldom and estates to Robert Stewart, Earl of Monteith,second son of Robert II., who thus became seventeenthEarl of Fife, and in 1398 was created Duke of Albany. Ontiie forfeiture of his son, Murdoch, in 1424, the lands ofFalkland reverted to the Crown, and the town wasshortly afterwards erecte Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: ordnancegazettee03groo Title: Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical Year: 1882 (1880s) Authors: Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902 Subjects: Publisher: Edinburgh : T.C. Jack Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: water. This was brought in1781 from the neighbouring Lomonds by means of pipes,and is distributed by wells situated in dilfercnt parts ofthe burgh. This useful public work cost aljout £400sterling, and was executed at the expense of the lorpora-tion. Falkland lias a post office under Ladybank, withmoney order, savings bank, and telegraph departments,a branch office of the British Linen Comiiany Hank, 3insuiance agencies, 2 hotels, gas-works, and a masoniclodge. The town-house, which is ornamented with aspire, was erected in 1802, and contains a hall in whichthe burgh courts and the meetings of the town-councilare held ; its lower story, occupied now by a drapersshop, served originally as a lock-up house. The parishchurch, built in 1849, by the late 0. T. Bruce, E.sq., ata cost of £7000, is a handsome Gothic edifice, with afine siiire and 900 sittings. There is also a Free church,whilst at Freuchie, 2 miles to the eastward, are anotherEstablished and a U.P. church. The manufacture of Text Appearing After Image: Seal of Falkland. FALKLAND liiions nnd woollens is the staple industry, brewing andInick-making being also carried on. Pop. (1S41) 1313,(1861) 1184, (IS/i) 1283, (1881) 1068, of whom 972were in the royal burgh. The lands ot Falkland, including what now constitutesthe burgh, belonged originally to the Crown, and were ob-tained Irom Malcolm IV. InDuncan, sixth Karl of Fife,upon the occasion of his marriage with Ada, the nieceof the king. In the charter conferring them, which isdated 1160, the name is spelled Falecklen. The landsof Falkland continued, with the title and other estates,with the descendants of Duncan until 1371, when Isobel,Countess of Fife, the last of the ancient race, conveyed theearldom and estates to Robert Stewart, Earl of Monteith,second son of Robert II., who thus became seventeenthEarl of Fife, and in 1398 was created Duke of Albany. Ontiie forfeiture of his son, Murdoch, in 1424, the lands ofFalkland reverted to the Crown, and the town wasshortly afterwards erecte Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: ordnancegazettee03groo Title: Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical Year: 1882 (1880s) Authors: Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902 Subjects: Publisher: Edinburgh : T.C. Jack Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: water. This was brought in1781 from the neighbouring Lomonds by means of pipes,and is distributed by wells situated in dilfercnt parts ofthe burgh. This useful public work cost aljout £400sterling, and was executed at the expense of the lorpora-tion. Falkland lias a post office under Ladybank, withmoney order, savings bank, and telegraph departments,a branch office of the British Linen Comiiany Hank, 3insuiance agencies, 2 hotels, gas-works, and a masoniclodge. The town-house, which is ornamented with aspire, was erected in 1802, and contains a hall in whichthe burgh courts and the meetings of the town-councilare held ; its lower story, occupied now by a drapersshop, served originally as a lock-up house. The parishchurch, built in 1849, by the late 0. T. Bruce, E.sq., ata cost of £7000, is a handsome Gothic edifice, with afine siiire and 900 sittings. There is also a Free church,whilst at Freuchie, 2 miles to the eastward, are anotherEstablished and a U.P. church. The manufacture of Text Appearing After Image: Seal of Falkland. FALKLAND liiions nnd woollens is the staple industry, brewing andInick-making being also carried on. Pop. (1S41) 1313,(1861) 1184, (IS/i) 1283, (1881) 1068, of whom 972were in the royal burgh. The lands ot Falkland, including what now constitutesthe burgh, belonged originally to the Crown, and were ob-tained Irom Malcolm IV. InDuncan, sixth Karl of Fife,upon the occasion of his marriage with Ada, the nieceof the king. In the charter conferring them, which isdated 1160, the name is spelled Falecklen. The landsof Falkland continued, with the title and other estates,with the descendants of Duncan until 1371, when Isobel,Countess of Fife, the last of the ancient race, conveyed theearldom and estates to Robert Stewart, Earl of Monteith,second son of Robert II., who thus became seventeenthEarl of Fife, and in 1398 was created Duke of Albany. Ontiie forfeiture of his son, Murdoch, in 1424, the lands ofFalkland reverted to the Crown, and the town wasshortly afterwards erecte Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: ordnancegazettee03groo Title: Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical Year: 1882 (1880s) Authors: Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902 Subjects: Publisher: Edinburgh : T.C. Jack Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: water. This was brought in1781 from the neighbouring Lomonds by means of pipes,and is distributed by wells situated in dilfercnt parts ofthe burgh. This useful public work cost aljout £400sterling, and was executed at the expense of the lorpora-tion. Falkland lias a post office under Ladybank, withmoney order, savings bank, and telegraph departments,a branch office of the British Linen Comiiany Hank, 3insuiance agencies, 2 hotels, gas-works, and a masoniclodge. The town-house, which is ornamented with aspire, was erected in 1802, and contains a hall in whichthe burgh courts and the meetings of the town-councilare held ; its lower story, occupied now by a drapersshop, served originally as a lock-up house. The parishchurch, built in 1849, by the late 0. T. Bruce, E.sq., ata cost of £7000, is a handsome Gothic edifice, with afine siiire and 900 sittings. There is also a Free church,whilst at Freuchie, 2 miles to the eastward, are anotherEstablished and a U.P. church. The manufacture of Text Appearing After Image: Seal of Falkland. FALKLAND liiions nnd woollens is the staple industry, brewing andInick-making being also carried on. Pop. (1S41) 1313,(1861) 1184, (IS/i) 1283, (1881) 1068, of whom 972were in the royal burgh. The lands ot Falkland, including what now constitutesthe burgh, belonged originally to the Crown, and were ob-tained Irom Malcolm IV. InDuncan, sixth Karl of Fife,upon the occasion of his marriage with Ada, the nieceof the king. In the charter conferring them, which isdated 1160, the name is spelled Falecklen. The landsof Falkland continued, with the title and other estates,with the descendants of Duncan until 1371, when Isobel,Countess of Fife, the last of the ancient race, conveyed theearldom and estates to Robert Stewart, Earl of Monteith,second son of Robert II., who thus became seventeenthEarl of Fife, and in 1398 was created Duke of Albany. Ontiie forfeiture of his son, Murdoch, in 1424, the lands ofFalkland reverted to the Crown, and the town wasshortly afterwards erecte Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. | ||||
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