Difference between revisions of "The Falkland Wiki"
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font-weight:bold; border:transparent; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Welcome!</h2> | font-weight:bold; border:transparent; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Welcome!</h2> | ||
− | [[File:Falkland Town Hall drawing.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Falkland Town Hall | + | [[File:Falkland Town Hall drawing.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Falkland Town Hall]]] |
− | Welcome to '''Falkland Historic Buildings''' – the online online encyclopaedia of Falkland | + | Welcome to '''Falkland Historic Buildings''' – the online online encyclopaedia of Falkland and its historic buildings. |
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+ | This site was created as a way to preserve and display the outcome of <strong>The Falkland Listed Buildings Survey</strong>, launched in 2020 to capture information about the listed buildings, and Falkland's other historic buildings and structures. It is maintained by [[the Falkland Society]]. | ||
Falkland is very rich in historic and interesting buildings. | Falkland is very rich in historic and interesting buildings. | ||
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font-weight:bold; border:transparent; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Survey</h2> | font-weight:bold; border:transparent; text-align:left; color:white; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Survey</h2> | ||
[[File:Cross Wynd houses before demolition 1954.PNG|thumb|150px|Cross Wynd houses before demolition]] | [[File:Cross Wynd houses before demolition 1954.PNG|thumb|150px|Cross Wynd houses before demolition]] | ||
− | During August 2020 volunteers from the Falkland Society delivered a leaflet to every listed property | + | This site was created as a way to preserve and display the outcome of '''The Falkland Listed Buildings Survey''', launched in 2020 to capture information about the listed buildings, and Falkland's other historic buildings and structures. During August 2020 volunteers from the Falkland Society delivered a leaflet to every listed property |
within the Falkland Conservation area, and other buildings of interest, asking residents to tell us about their house, | within the Falkland Conservation area, and other buildings of interest, asking residents to tell us about their house, | ||
giving details such as any previous names the building was known by, and who lived there before 1970 | giving details such as any previous names the building was known by, and who lived there before 1970 |
Revision as of 13:22, 21 February 2021
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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