Scotlands places 1855-7
Fauldhead: A farmsteading in ruins. Captain Hunter proptr. [proprietor]
Nothing similar in Horse Tax Rolls
Nothing similar in Horse Tax Rolls
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
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Fauldhead
Abandoned and merged with other farms to form Ravenscroft
1811 Bonnyton Estate - Andrew Clement
1851 Bonnyton Estate - Thomas Riddell
1853 Bonnyton Estate - John Campbell in Rankinston
1861 Bonnyton Estate - George Walsh
1871 Bonnyton Estate - David Young
The 1841 census has Andrew Clement 50, farming with Jane 30, and children Thomas 2 and Andrew 6 months. they have two servants, Jane and Elizabeth King 20 and 15. The property is referred to as Fallhead
The 1851 census for Fauld Heads has Thomas Riddell 45, farming 200 acres of hill pasture with his wife Janet 31, and children Isabella 9, George 7, Ann 5, William 3 and Andrew C 1.
1861 George Walsh 25 is a shepherd living at Fauld Heads with wife Margaret 27, and two daughters Margaret B 4, and Elizabeth 2.
1871 David Young 43 is listed as an agricultural labourer living at Fauldheads with his wife Marion 27, and daughters Elizabeth 5, and Christina 1. They have lodgers Henry Fullarton 20, and Joseph Hebson 34 both masons.
Also at Fauldheads there is the Martin family, William 23, an agricultural labourer and his wife Mary 22 and daughters Jessie 2, and Anne under a year old. They too have a lodger, Peter Larkin 25 who is a railway labourer.
No sign of an entry for 1881
Compare these two maps.....
In the first map of 1843 - 1882 you can clearly see three named features, Greenside, Fauldhead, and Auchingee.
By the time of the second map, these farms or farm workers cottages, have been abandoned and there is a new farm steading called Ravenscroft.
