LA 4 FALKIRK. t 
perhaps it was so denominated by being situated upon Falkirk. 
left of across. In. memory of this 
occurrence, a black cross was deposited in the monas- 
tery, and being supposed to thane, 8 DoWereih influence 
in times of , King David Bruce wore and 
lost it at the Porhapo, wanes. se, Lise ati 
‘ The monks of , 
a A order of St Andostinsatudoaaenieiietanine 
castle of, Edinburgh, till the monastery was. ready for 
their reception, to the exclusion of the nuns, who had 
i ided in tuat part of the castle. Several 
ning u the of Holyroodhouse, and the 
oldest. part of it was erected in the vicinity of the 
church, of Callander having 
for the su which ; rie 
Ss pone eatery 
* «David Rex Seat templum et monatriun Tonge magaifcentisimn fundav onicis ‘ 
burghi, Ubi die festo ventatus, it can regularibus, A.D. 1128, in subw 
Nam wee Dion edict Ei es mn engin oh a om leben 
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an eminence, when few or no houses were near 
it. The nameof Falkirk seems to have been of a later 
date, and was probably derived from the Latin word 
vallum,-a_ wall or and the Scotch word sirk, 
meaning the church upon the wall, for in truth the 
Roman, wall, or Graham’s , dyke,. ran, along the south 
side of the town, and. even, through the ground on 
which a part of it is built. One of its more early 
names seems to. have been Eiglisbrec, which is a Gaelic 
denomination, signifying the spotted church; and, in 
conformity to this, in ancient writings and charters, it 
is called Varium , or more commonly, Varia Ca- 
lla. In the.charter of the Archbishop and chapter of 
Andrews, to the convent of Holyroodhouse, A.D. 
1166, it is denominated. Eiglisbrec, and Varia Capella, 
It is oly in subsequent times and documents that we 
net alkirl being the boundary bet: he Caledon 
i ing on the ween the fin 
an and Roman ions, was the scene of many sangui- 
nary conflicts; and at Camelon, in the immediate neigh 
bourhood,there wasa Roman station of some note. About 
the beginning of the 5th century, while the Caledonians, 
under the conduct of Robert , a.friend or con- 
nection of King Fergus II. were repelling some incur- 
sions of the-Roman forces, the gallant Graham lost his 
life ; and from the eminence of his character; the Roman 
wall. of Severus, or.as most will now have it, of Anto- 
ninus, was from. that time known by the name of 
Graham’s dyke. 3 
When the south. aisle of the. old church of Falkirk 
number, py conned “? Found wit ey seen ; ea je oe 
2 > none to enter, ) were with wing inscri in us 
Tale Spenser seciain, poeiclerations, te ) Hibs tin — i 
whole of the of that into the hands 
of the king; and it was granted in farm and. abso-~ , 
lute erty, to Sir Lewis Ballenden, son of Sir J FVNERATVS 
Filled the barony of Broughton. On the death of HIC . DEYN 
fis Lewis in fhe. year 1691, the property eaemeed ROB . GRAHAM 
upon James, son, W. conveyed a 1 
barony of Abbots-kerse, A. D. 1606, to Ris “ = atin Geomeent 
the seventh Lord Livingston, and the first Earl of Lin- Lam FRY ESUS 
lithgow. ba baroay af Abbots kare comprehended AC. LIS 
the greater part of the old parish of Falkirk, before FERGVSIVS . IL 
Polmont and other parts were separated from it.. It R. sco 
included also other lands and ions in the coun- con re 
ty of Stirling ; but pe, So of Abbots-kerse 
was to the 9,08 Callanslan, yet considers: This inscription, like many others, must have been 
made long after the event, but it shews, that Graham 
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Falkirk, and half a mile distant from the 
town. the troops were Sir John de 
Graham, Sir John Stuart, Cumyn, and Wallace the ce« 
lebrated champion of Scotland. That there might be 
some jealousy among those illustrious , is not 
inconsistent with the infirmities of human nature ; but 
it is not ascertained, on good authority, that the for« 
tune of the day was injured by any fault of theirs, (Dal. 
rymp. Annal.) notwi ing the different opinion 
his Edin- 
loco ce#no- 
