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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
FALA DAM Fala Dam James Purvis Fala Dam
Robert Leith Fala Dam
D Bloomfield Blacksheils
014 A group of dwelling houses on both sides of the Old line of road from Path Head to Fala, they are twelve of fourteen in number, and from one to two storys high in good repair And Occupied by Labourers And Tradesmen, they are fues off the property's of the Earl of Stair & Capt [Captain] Callender of Prenston.
FALA MILL Fala Mill James Purvis Fala Dam
Robert Leith Fala Dam
D Bloomfield Blacksheils
014 A farm house And offices all in good repair attached to it is a small farm Of ground the property of the Earl of Stair there was a Corn Mill formerly at this place but it has been taken Away & no trace of it now remains
FALA HALL Fala Hall James Purvis Fala Dam
Robert Leith Fala Dam
D Bloomfield Blacksheils
014 A Large farm house And Office Houses all in good repair attached to it is a Large farm of ground the property Of the Earl of Stair
FALA DAM BURN Fala Dam Burn James Purvis Fala Dam
Robert Leith Fala Dam
D Bloomfield Blacksheils
014 A Small Stream rising on the farm of Cakemuir and flowing in a northerly direction, from its rise to where it is cross,d [crossed] by a Tunnel on the line of road from Dalkeith to Lauder It gets the name of Cakemuir Burn from the above named Tunnel to its Junction with Esalt Burn it gets the given name. (ie) Fala Dam Burn and from this latter point it gets the name "Costerton Burn"

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Fala Parish [Page] 39

Plan 14. C Trace 2

Object -- [Fala Dam] Houses
-- [Fala Mill] House & Offices
-- [Fala Hall] House & Offices
-- [Fala Dam Burn] A Burn

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T Smith C A. [Civilian Assistant]
17th July 1851

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