IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
High Street, FALKIRK, FK1 1ED

Category B listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31177 former water pump, dating from 1817. It replaced an earlier structure of 1681. See Image for a close-up of the date plaque.

A metal plaque on the side of the Cross Well Image dated 1817.

Looking through the pend to High Street. According to a stone set in the floor: 'Named after John Wilson the coalmaster of South Banfaskine, who in 1848 erected the adjacent building which bears his name.'

A surviving close off the High Street which once had the usual pattern of a wide street with narrow passageways leading off it. The dark passageway is a path through to the High Street.

A narrow passageway off High Street.

According to the stone set in the floor: 'Named after John Wilson the coalmaster of South Banfaskine, who in 1848 erected the adjacent building which bears his name.' The close leads to the Wheatsheaf Inn.

Just inside Wilson's Close.

A stone set into the paving beside Falkirk's steeple. LIGHTNING STRIKE On 17th June 1927 a lightning strike brought down the top of the steeple. Falling masonry injured several people and killed a Barr’s delivery horse near this spot.

Looking up at the 140 foot Steeple which was completed in 1814 - the third Tolbooth on this site. It was designed by David Hamilton and built from locally quarried sandstone. For many years it housed the town's jail.

Information in the window of the Category A listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31178 building: The town of Falkirk has had a steeple since the late 16th or early 17th century. The current steeple is the third Falkirk Steeple, but only the second one to occupy this site. In 1812 Glasgow architect David Hamilton was commissioned to design a new steeple. Building work began in 1813. The ground floor originally housed a shop. Above this was a small room originally occupied by the town’s jailkeeper. The next two rooms above were used as prison cells until around 1860. The heavy wooden doors and iron bolts can still be seen. The upper floor contained a meeting room with impressive views along the High Street. The new 140 foot steeple was completed in 1814. The steeple bell carried the inscription ‘May Falkirk Flourish’. In 1927 a lightning strike damaged the top 40 feet of the steeple, with repairs being made the following year. The steeple was fully refurbished in 2016 as part of the Falkirk THI Project. For more information and opening times visit Falkirksteeple.com