Fauldhouse
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| Fauldhouse shown within West Lothian | |
| Population | 4,730 (2004 est) [1] |
| OS grid reference | NS929606 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bathgate |
| Postcode district | EH47 |
| Dialling code | 01501 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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Fauldhouse (Scots: Fauldhoose,Scottish Gaelic: Falas) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. It is about halfway between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Fauldhouse is known since the Middle Ages, and was known until the 19th century by the names "Falas" and also "Fallas." The seventeenth century Dutch mapmaker Willem Blaeu features Fauldhouse as "Falas" on two maps in his Atlas Novus of Scotland. There are families with the surname Fallas, who obviously had ancestors who came from Fauldhouse. The name Fallas or Fauldhouse has been translated as "house on the fold", "house in the field", or "house on unploughed (fallow) land". However, the name may be older than the Middle Ages and might even be derived from the Brythonic or Welsh-type language once spoken in the Lothian region.
To the south of Fauldhouse is the 18 hole Greenburn Golf Club which was founded in 1892, but which has been on its present site for around 50 years. Trains run through the course over a viaduct. The village also has two primary schools, Falla Hill and St John the Baptist RC, which have both been expanding over recent years. The local high school for Falla Hill is Whitburn Academy and for St John the Baptist, St Kentigern's Academy in Blackburn.
Neighbouring villages include Longridge, Shotts and Stoneyburn. The nearest town to Fauldhouse is Whitburn followed by Livingston.
The church of St.John the Baptist was the first Roman Catholic parish in West Lothian, in the year 1873.
The town is served by the Fauldhouse railway station, on the Shotts Line between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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