Falkland: An historic village

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Photographs of every publicly-accessible road, street, lane, track and path in the Fife village of Falkland

The old and historic village of Falkland has always been one of my favourite places not least because I have family connections with the village. My grandmother was born in Falkland and her sister, as a young girl of just twelve years old, was taken into domestic service with one of the local gentry some time before the First World War. Cousins have also owned property in the village one of which is the subject of one of the photographs.

Being less than a 20-minute drive from my home my wife and I have spent many a pleasant afternoon wandering its twisted streets and admiring its many wonderful buildings. We have spent time in its coffee shops (and its bars!) talking about the village with the local people.

As a keen walker, I have explored the surrounding area extensively including the nearby Lomond Hills Regional Park one of whose hills, East Lomond (known locally as 'Falkland Hill'), overlooks the village (see Lomond Hills Regional Park collection Link ).

Falkland has historic royal connections going back beyond the 12th century and saw most of the early Scottish rulers and the later Stuart monarchs. Mary, Queen of Scots spent some time there at the (now-ruined but well worth a visit) palace.

This collection consists of nearly 300 photographs and in taking them I have erred on the side of caution in that any highway or byway which I could not identify as being freely accessible to the public 24 hours a day was one where I did not dare to tread! This did not happen often but it is the reason why there are no photographs inside the grounds of Falkland Palace or its gardens. Many images have additional historical or interesting comments attached and many are also linked to other relevant images.


Where is Falkland?

The village of Falkland is in the Fife Region of Scotland on the eastern side of the country Link. Fife is bounded to the south and east by the Firth of Forth and to the north by the Firth of Tay. Its western limits are defined by its boundaries with the neighbouring regions of Perth and Kinross, and Clackmannanshire.

A 'snapshot' in time

All of the images were taken in either March or April of 2017 and form a pictorial record of the highways and byways of Falkland in the spring of that year. Since this collection is a 'snapshot' of a short period of time in the life of the village I have decided not to allow any collaboration from members but if you should find any discrepancies or wrong information please don't hesitate to drop me a line and I will see what can be done.

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