Ferniesyde appears on old local maps.  Its name obviously derives from the local plant life in the vicinity. 

George Skelton was a teacher and history enthusiast who was very active in the Denny and Dunipace Heritage Society. He was also a mountaineer of high reputation.

For its proximity to the Forth and Clyde Canal.

Bonhard was an old mansion house situated on rising ground to the East of Erngath Hills.   There was a local placenearby called Green of Bonhard.

Local street names themed on flowers.

Alexander Couper’s Dunipace Foundry stood on this site from 1907.