A Falkland Guide: Difference between revisions

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A Falkland Guide is a book published by The Falkland Society.in 1988, reprinted many times.

It includes a "Falkland Town Trail" map in its centre pages, with numbered items highlighted as follows:

Central area, included on map
Number (new)	Description new)	Number (current)	Description current)	Notes
1	Falkland Palace	1	Falkland Palace	And Chapel Royal, Royal tennis court and stables, Falkland Castle
6	Moncrief House	2	Moncrieff House
7	Bruce Inn	3	Hunting Lodge Hotel
5	Tornaveen	4	House to the left of the Post Office
10	Key House	5	Key House
11	St Andrew's House	6	St Andrew's House
13	Saddlers House	7	Saddler's House
12	Maspie House	8	Gift Shop
8	Bank House	9	The Bank
9	Falkland Town Hall	10	Town Hall
	Smart Cookies Nursery	11	Youth Hostel
	Site of St John's Works	12	St John's Works
	Horsemarket	13	Horsemarket
	Cross Wynd	14	Cross Wynd
	Brunton Street	15	Brunton Street
	Sharp's Close	16	Sharp's Close
	Rottenrow	17	Rotten Row
	Falkland Old Cemetery	18	Old Burial Ground
	The Weaver's Cottage (High Street West)	19	Weaver's Cottage
20	Electricity sub-station	20	Electricity sub-station
18	Cameron House	21	Cameron House
15	Falkland Parish Church	22	Parish Church
16	Bruce Fountain	23	Bruce Fountain
17	Mercat Cross	24	Mercat Cross
21	Stag Inn
19	Violin Shop, Campbell's Café
2	Visitor Centre
	Mercat House/ Fayre Earth
	Parliament Square
	Lomond Tavern			Now Lomond Tearoom
	Former building opposite the Lomond Tavern
	Southbank
	Vintage Quine / Whinstone
22	Mill Wynd Bridge
24	Castle Shotts Road			and bridge carrying the "Private Walk"
4	Laich Road
3	Old Free Church
	Old Drill Hall
	Falkland war memorial
22	Mill Green		and Mill Wynd
	Back Wynd
	Back Dykes			And Back Dykes Terrace
23	Balmblae
14	Covenanter Hotel			Formerly Commercial Hotel
14	West Port			Leading to Stables, etc.

The following drawings are included in the book. [Click on a picture below to see the image full-size]

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 |18||[[Cameron House]]||21||Cameron House
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 |22||[[Mill Wynd Bridge]] || ||
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-|23||[[Castle Shotts Road]] || ||  ||and bridge carrying the "Private Walk"
+|24||[[Castle Shotts Road]] || ||  ||and bridge carrying the "Private Walk"
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-|21||[[Mill Green]]|| ||and [[Mill Wynd]]
+|22||[[Mill Green]]|| ||and [[Mill Wynd]]
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 | || [[Back Dykes]]|| || ||And [[Back Dykes Terrace]]
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-|22|| [[Balmblae]]|| || ||
+|23|| [[Balmblae]]|| || ||
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 |14||[[Covenanter Hotel]]|| || ||Formerly Commercial Hotel
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+|14||[[West Port]]|| || ||Leading to Stables, etc.
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 | [[House of Falkland]]||Not open to the public
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+| [[House of Falkland stables]]||
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 | [[Pillars of Hercules]]||