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| 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 |
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[Page] 42 Parish of FalaFala 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
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