Marriage Lintel

I went to see a friend in Fife yesterday and she took me to visit the village of Falkland.

Many of the domestic buildings in this little conservation village are decorated with marriage lintels. According to tradition, house owners had their initials carved on their homes to mark their wedding day, the day they moved in or the date of the building.

I thought it was absolutely fascinating, and I wonder if GL and BD got married or moved into this house in 1777?

[Jocasta]

Love the idea of the marriage lintel.

[Bep]

Lovely idea.

[Simply Amanda]

How uniquely beautiful!

[Sally Ings]

What an interesting tradition.

[Tom]

Wonderful capture and information

[KWind]

Very cool shot and info.

[Margo]

This is very interesting

[Lisa Malecki]

nice

[Gayle]

Terrific image and very interesting information! :-)

[leggzy]

Such an interesting tradition. I wonder what the 4 & x's in the Centre represent?

[Krista Marson]

Neat little piece of domestic history. Love that handwriting.

[Krista Marson]

@leggzy maybe the month? April?

[Jennifer]

great script! Nice find and capture