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Lassodie had a Free church (St Ninian's), school, a post office, Miners' Welfare
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in short order. The village was difficult to find, being 6 miles from the nearest railway station, and offering an appearance of "a row or two and a farm house" (Lassodie House, the home of the laird) from a distance.
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Lassodie had a population of 808 individuals; by 1901, it had risen to 1,425. After the closure of the mines, few people remained behind; by 1944, the population was 203.
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