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

The early maps identify the area as dedicated to Coal Mining and there was a Boxland Pit locally

In 1915 the train carrying soldiers bound for Gallipoli in Turkey crashed at Quintinshill near Gretna.  The troops had left Larbert station after a short period of training.   239 were killed. 

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

The gardens are part of the grounds of the Oak Inn (later the Royal Oak Hotel) dating back to the mid 19th century.  It was converted into two town houses.

Roselynn was the name of one of pools on the River Carron popular with local residents.