Falkland, ancient royal burgh, small town, and par.
(ry. sta. Falkland Road, 2¼ miles SE.), Fifeshire, at N.
foot of East Lomond Hill, 22 miles NW. of Edinburgh
—par., 8265 ac., pop. 2698; royal burgh, pop. 972;
town, pop. 1068 ; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank ; has some weaving
and flax-spinning. Falkland was constituted a royal
burgh by James II., 1458. In Falkland Castle, origi-
nally a stronghold of the earls of Fife, David, Duke of
Rothesay, eldest son of Robert III., was imprisoned
and starved to death, 1402. Falkland Palace is
supposed to have been begun by James II.; it was
completed by James V., who died there, 1542. It had
a fine park with abundance of deer, and was a frequent
residence of James YI.; the oaks of the park were cut
down by Cromwell to build a fort at Perth. In 1715
Falkland Palace was garrisoned by Rob Roy. What
remains of it has been renovated, and it is now occupied
as a dwelling-house. A little W. of the town is Falk-
land House, seat; 1 m. E. is Newton of Falkland, vil.

Falkland Road, ry. sta., 3¼ miles SW. of Lady bank
Junction, Fifeshire; the Falkland lload Farina Hills
are 2 miles from Kettle.

FaUa.—seat, Carnwath par., Lanarkshire, 2¼ miles
from Auchengray sta.-—2. Falla, seat, 6 miles SE. of
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire.

Fallaghloon, 2 miles from Maghera, co. London-
derry ; P.O.

Fallapit, seat, 4 miles NE. of Kingsbridge, S. Devon.

Fallen Cave, The, SW. coast of Cornwall, 1¼ mile
SE. of Lands End.

Fallen Hocks, on NE. coast of Arran island, 2 miles
NW. of Sannox ; caused by a landslip.

Fallin, school, St Ninians par., Stirlingshire.

Fallings Heath, school, ¼ mile from James Bridge
sta., E. Staffordshire.

FaUoch, Falls of, on river Falloch, at mouth of Glen
Falloch, SW. Perthshire; Falloch, River, rises on Ben-
a-Chroin, and flows NW., SW. (through Glen Falloch),
and S. to head of Loch Lomond; is 10 miles long, and
is a good trouting stream.

Falloden, township, Embleton par., N. Northum-
berland, 6 miles NE. of Alnwick, 1061 ac., pop. 81;
contains Falloden House.

Fallowlield, township, Lee St John par., S. North-
umberland, 3 miles N. of Hexham, 667 ac., pop. 46;
contains Fallowlield Fell, with fine view.—2. Fallow-
Held, eccl. dist. and vil., Manchester par., SE. Lanca-
shire—dist., pop. 2237 ; vil., 3 m. S. of Manchester ; P.O.

Fallowlecs, township, Rothbury par., N. Northum-
berland, 5¼ miles SAY. of Rothbury, 1503 ac., pop. 8.

Falls of Aeharn,¹ near mouth of Acbarn Burn, flow-
ing N. into E. end of Loch Tay, Perthshire.

Fallside, ry. sta., Bothwell par., Lanarkshire, 8
miles SE. of Glasgow.

Fallybroom, township, Prestbury par., E. Cheshire,
1¼ miles NW. of Macclesfield, 242 ac., pop. 35.

Falmer, par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Sussex, 4
miles NE. of Brighton, 4393 ac., pop. 577 ; P.O.

Falmouth, seaport, mun. bor., market town, par.,
and township, with ry. sta., W. Cornwall, on Falmouth
Harbour, at mouth of river Fal, 15 miles NE. of Lizard
Head and 312 SW. of London by rail—par., 641 ac.,
pop. 12,131; township, 577 ac., pop. 6158 ; bor., 64 ac.,
pop. 5973; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks, 3 newspapers. Market-
days, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Falmouth
was founded in the 17th century, and quickly super-
seded Penryn as the port of the harbour. It was for
many years the station for the mail packets to the S.
of Europe and the AVest Indies. It maintains steam
communication with Plymouth, Southampton, London,
Penzance, Liverpool, and Dublin, and is the most im-
portant port of call in England. The harbour (5 miles
by 1 mile) is an excellent refuge for shipping, the largest
vessels finding safe anchorage ; vessels of medium bur-
den can discharge at the quay. There is some ship-
building and rope-making ; but the principal business of
the place is furnishing provisions and stores to shipping.
Of late years the trade of Falmouth has diminished, but
its popularity with visitors has greatly increased. On
St Anthony Point, at E. side of entrance to harbour, is
a lighthouse with a revolving light (Falmouth) 72 feet
above high-water, and seen 13 miles. (For shipping
statistics, see Appendix.) Falmouth forms part of the
pari. bor. of Penryn and Falmouth.