Fala, Midlothian

Fala, Midlothian

Fala, is a parish and hamlet in the south-eastern corner of Midlothian, Scotland, and about 15 miles from Edinburgh.

Location

The parish is about five miles long from east to west, and one mile broad from north to south, and contains about 3120 Imperial acres. It is bounded by the following parishes: Humbie to the east, Soutra (to which it is now conjoined) on the south, Heriot & Stow on the west, and on the north by the detached parts of Borthwick, Cranstoun, and Crichton. Fala Hall Burn rises in the moor to the south of Fala Flow and forms the boundary bewteeen Fala and Soutra parishes. The streams eventually run into the Cakemuir Burn above Costerton.

Highways

In 1834 a great road (today the A68), with a still extant Toll House at Fala, was constructed between Edinburgh and Lauder and it bisects the parish, marking off the cultivated lands to the east from the pastures to the west.To the west of this highway can be traced the King's Road, which is said to have been made by King Malcolm IV to cross the Lammermuirs to Lauderdale. Dere Street, the Roman road, can be traced at various places on the hills towards Channelkirk to the south west of the A68.

Dam

For many years the best-known thing connected with the parish was Fala Dam, which at one time had a railway spur to it to assist with construction.

Church

In the ancient taxation of 1137, Fala Kirk had to pay, as its proportion, the sum of six merks, and the Rectory of Fala was, like the other churches in Midlothian during the tenth and eleventh centuries, under the diocese of St. Cuthbert. The patronage of Fala, from that time until the 19th century lay with the Lord of the Manor or principal laird of the parish. In ancient times there were some Trinity Friars who had charge of a small hospital in connection with Fala Church (not to be confused with Soutra Aisle), as is evidenced by an entry in the "Exchequer Rolls of Scotland" in 1365. In Forbes's Book on "Tithes", he mentions that the Order of the Trinity Friars was appointed and confirmed by Pope Innocent III in 1200. In the time of King James V the Rectory of Fala was taxed at £6, 13s. 4p.

The present parish church is a long 18th century building, with a modest rebuild to an economically Gothicized design by David Bryce in 1863. The Manse of 1792 also survives.

The school and connected school house of circa 1840 was extended in 1875, and later.

References

* Hunter, Rev. James, FSA (Scot), "Fala and Soutra" including a History of the ancient "Domus de Soltre", Edinburgh, 1892.
* McWilliam, Colin, "The Buildings of Scotland - Lothian (except Edinburgh)", London, 1978, p.203. ISBN 0-14-0710-66-3


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