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As boys (in 50s) we used to go up to faifley and over the moors, cant remember if faifley was built on then. Where does word faifley come from anyway? As a 9 or 10 yr old it seemed like a long distance, I remember on hot days having a welcome drink from the hill burns, then down the last hill which brought us to the road..cross over to craigton loch. Great little jaunt, I suppose the walk was 5 miles or so from drumry but you felt like an explorer. I drove along that road some years ago to check out the loch. I was disappointed to find it gone, don't know why it was drained out? But I did walk around the ground where the loch was and recognised a few spots from all those years ago, the wee fence on either side of the road which we had to cross and ditches around. Great memories, it seemed like yesterday rather than 50+ years ago. Was it a water supply to the area and why was it drained? Otherwise the area remains exactly as I remember it.
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a bunch of us camped there the next morning afarmer ordered us aff his property wis there no a zoo there it used tae have a big elephant i think i heard it wis the biggest in captivity there was a little school about there thats craigton iam on about billem
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Hi John,
In response to where does the name Faifley come from, it was called Fimbalach in 1227 when its ownership was transferred form the Earls of Lennox to the Monks of Paisley Abbey. Fimbalach means, possibly, The White Pass. The name changed Ferchlay in 1587 and was noted as Fachla in 1594. The name Faifley must have cropped un sometime after this.
AG
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Thanks Andy. The info you give prompts me to ask if anyone can add to the ancient history of the area, there is a thread in this forum titled sandpit along the boulie where someone comments on a druid circle in drumry. On the net I now see there is reference to prehistoric settlement and the druid or cochno stone at auchnacraig, a sandstone rock 60' in diameter. I have not heard of auchnacraig before but it seems to be in faifley area. Wonder if this stone is still there, you would think it would be preserved as a historic monument. There is also reference to industries springing up in faifley due to ability to harness water power from the humphrey and from cochno burn. Fascinating stuff. I caught my first trout at cochno burn in 1953 or was it 1954... a proud catch which i carried home over my shoulder attached to my rod (a bit of split cane). I also believe that development of faifley for housing started around 1953.
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there's a a place on the nous?ithink was associated with druids the place at the cochno was fenced in and covered with undergrowth there was nothing visible if it was not pointed out to you you would walk past it if i remember its just off the road in edinbarnet estate
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