Wallyford is a village near

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and approximately east of

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, Scotland.

History

The village was initially populated by coal miners and later grew as an overspill/commuter town for workers in Musselburgh and Edinburgh. A tribute to the miners can be found marked on a stone through the main road (Salters Road) of the village. A coal mine at Wallyford was worked for the profit of

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in 1563 and also supplied coal for her own fire at

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. The village is overlooked by the restored

Fa'side Castle Fa'side Castle (Faside Estate) has previously been known as Fawside, Falside, Ffauside, Fauxside, or Fawsyde and is a 15th-century keep located in East Lothian in Scotland. The castle is approximately southwest of Tranent, and southeast of M ...

which was destroyed by the English after the

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in 1546. In 2016, construction began to regenerate the village. A new, replacement Primary School was completed in February 2019. A new village high street/centre will be created alongside a legible hierarchy of roads and footpaths, maximising connections throughout but in particular to the Village Centre and Community Woodland.

Landmarks

Wallyford has a

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with a Park and Ride facility, on the Edinburgh to North Berwick railway line, operated by

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. It has a primary/nursery school, playgroup, community centre, churches, library, post office and a Miners' social club.

Notable people

Sir

William Binning Sir William Binning of Wallyford (1637–1711) was a 17th-century Scottish landowner who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1675 to 1677. Life He was born at Ford in Midlothian on 11 March 1637 the son of James Binning of Carlowrie Haug ...

of Wallyford (1627–1711)

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1675–1677. Victorian writer

Margaret Oliphant Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (born Margaret Oliphant Wilson; 4 April 1828 – 20 June 1897) was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. Her fictional works cover "domestic realism, the historical nove ...

was born in Wallyford on 4 April 1828. Among her best-known works were ''Katie Stewart'', ''The Carlingford Chronicles'' and ''Tales of the Seen and Unseen''. She died in Wimbledon on 25 June 1897 and was buried in Eton Cemetery near Windsor. Willie Park, Sr., the first and four-time winner of the Open Championship in golf, was born in Wallyford on 30 June 1833 and died on 25 July 1903. Former footballer and football manager Jock Wallace, Jr. was born in Wallyford on 6 September 1935. He went on to have a successful career as manager of Rangers.

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2001 Census Data (PDF)
{{authority control Villages in East Lothian Mining communities in Scotland

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