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− | [[File: | + | [[File:Mill Wynd.jpg|thumb|right|150px|An old house in [[Mill Wynd]], since demolished]] |
− | + | Welcome to '''The Falkland Wiki''' – the online encyclopaedia of Falkland and its tangible heritage - | |
− | + | archaeology, buildings, landscape and some of the people who have helped to make Falkland the special place that it is. | |
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− | + | This site is maintained by volunteers from '''[[The Falkland Society]]'''. It was created to preserve and display the outcome of '''The Falkland Listed Buildings Survey''', | |
+ | its history, previous names, and special features. Starting on World Photography Day, 19 August 2020, | ||
+ | volunteers have been taking photographs of buildings throughout the town. | ||
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+ | We are progessively adding '''what3words''' references to the articles about individual buildings, using a combination of three English words to identify a particular 3-metre square location on the Earth's surface. See [https://what3words.com/about https://what3words.com/about] for more details. | ||
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+ | Why not check out our associated websites: [https://falklandsociety.org.uk/ The Falkland Society] and [https://historicfalkland.scot/ Historic Falkland]. | ||
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− | [[File: | + | [[File:Lomond Tavern boot.JPG|thumb|150px|Dated panel on the [[Lomond Tavern]]]] |
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− | + | "Falkland", for most people probably means the built-up area of our historic town (or village) in the middle of | |
− | + | the "Kingdom" of Fife, south-east Scotland. But this wiki also covers: | |
− | + | *the old [[Parish of Falkland]], dating back to the 12th century or before, including [[Freuchie]] and [[Newton of Falkland]] | |
− | ( | + | *the much smaller [[Royal Burgh of Falkland]], from 1458 |
+ | *the [[Falkland Estate]], which has grown and shrunk over the years | ||
+ | *the current [[Community Council area]] (formally the Royal Burgh of Falkland and Newton of Falkland Community Council) | ||
− | + | Falkland is very rich in historic and interesting buildings, many of them | |
+ | [[List of listed buildings|Listed Buildings]] – | ||
+ | listed by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) for their special architectural or historic interest; | ||
+ | the historic core of Falkland includes the [[Falkland Conservation Area]], | ||
+ | and two areas have been specially designated by HES: | ||
+ | the [[Falkland Palace gardens]], and | ||
+ | the [[House of Falkland designed landscape]]. | ||
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+ | But it's not easy to find out about the listed buildings or even where they are. | ||
+ | The listing was mainly done in the early 1970s, | ||
+ | and many of the HES records refer to buildings by names that bear no relation to their current addresses; | ||
+ | one of the aims of this site is to locate our listed buildings and relate them to the current names and addresses. | ||
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− | + | [[File:Moncrief House 1 2019.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.9|[[Ladieburn Cottage]] and | |
− | + | [[Moncrief House]], viewed from the [[Falkland Palace|Palace]] battlements]] | |
− | * | + | Within our area, we aim to include: |
− | * | + | *every [[List of listed buildings in the Parish of Falkland|listed building]] and every [[List of scheduled monuments in the Parish of Falkland|scheduled monument]]. |
− | * | + | *all Falkland buildings mentioned in the main books about the buildings of Fife: |
− | * | + | **[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'' (''Buildings of Scotland'' series)]] |
− | + | **[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'' (Architectural Guides to Scotland)]] | |
+ | *all buildings within the Conservation area and historic core of the Burgh | ||
+ | *all buildings of any significance in the rest of the Parish | ||
+ | *all buildings mentioned in some of our Falkland Society publications, including: | ||
+ | **[[Playfair and Burgess|Playfair and Burgess, ''Falkland and its people 1901–1913'']] including Maps [[Map A|A]], [[Map B|B]], [[Map C|C]] and [[Map D|D]]. | ||
+ | **''[[A Falkland Guide]]'', including a Town Trail ([[Map T]]) | ||
+ | To see how much we've achieved so far, and what is still left to do, see our "[[Falkland Historic Buildings:About|About page]]". | ||
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− | + | [[File:Provost's lamp, Falkland.jpg|thumb|120px|The [[Provost's Lamp]]]] | |
− | + | This site is a '''Wiki''' – it uses the same software, and much of the same approach, as Wikipedia, but it's entirely independent. | |
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+ | As with Wikipedia, there are several ways to find information on this site. | ||
+ | *Click on any word or phrase in blue to go to the item in question (words in red are links to an article that hasn't been written yet). | ||
+ | *Click on any picture to see a larger version. | ||
+ | *Explore our records [[:Category:Streets and roads|street by street]]. | ||
+ | *browse by [[:Category:Main categories|category]]: to get an overview of the range of material that we cover. | ||
+ | *take pot luck: use the "Random page" link at the left. | ||
+ | *search for a particular building or person, using the search box at the top right of the page. | ||
+ | For further details, see [[Help:Using this site]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:05, 11 March 2024
Will you help us expand this site to document our history and our heritage? Email us at news@falklandsociety.org.uk if you'd like to get involved.
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