Kinghorn, Fife

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Kinghorn is a town in Fife

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Kinghorn within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Kinghorn in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Kinghorn, parl. and royal burgh, and par., with ry. sta., Fife, on Firth of Forth, 2¾ miles NE. of Burntisland and 3 miles S. of Kirkcaldy - par., 5212 ac., pop. 3650; royal burgh, pop. 1439; parl. burgh, pop. 1790; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. The par. comprises the island of Inchkeith. Kinghorn is a royal burgh under a charter of Alexander III., who was killed at Kinghorn Ness, 12th March 1286, while riding from Inverkeithing to Kinghorn Tower. In 1881 two 18-ton guns were placed in battery on Kinghorn Ness, in connection with the fortifications of Inchkeith. The inhabitants of Kinghorn find employment in two flax-spinning mills, a. bleachfield, a glue factory, and an iron-shipbuilding yard. In the W. vicinity of the burgh is Kinghorn Loch. Kinghorn forms one of the Kirkcaldy District of Parliamentary Burghs, which returns 1 member.

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