[2] The village was initially populated by coal miners[3] and later grew as an overspill/commuter town for workers in Musselburgh and Edinburgh.

[5] The village is overlooked by the restored Fa'side Castle which was destroyed by the English after the Battle of Pinkie in 1546.

[18] Willie Park, Sr., the first and four-time winner of the Open Championship in golf, was born in Wallyford on 30 June 1833 and died on 25 July 1903.

[20]] Gordon Hunter Professional footballer, played over three hundred games for Hibernian FC, between 1983 and 1997.

In his later career, played for a number of other Scottish clubs, plus a spell in Australia with Canberra Cosmos