OS1/13/105/12

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Fife and Kinross-shire OS Name Books, 1853-1855
  4. Fife and Kinross-shire volume 105
  5. OS1/13/105/12
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
EAST QUAY East Quay
East Quay
East Quay		 Alexander Lowrie Harbour Master Alexander Brodie Collector John Smith Ship Broker [situation] Leading from Harbour Head.
MIDDLE QUAY Middle Quay
Middle Quay
Middle Quay		 Alexander Lowrie Harbour Master Alexander Brodie Collector John Smith Ship Broker [situation] Leading fr. [From] High Street.
WEST QUAY West Quay
West Quay
West Quay		 Alexander Lowrie Harbour Master Alexander Brodie Collector John Smith Ship Broker [situation] Leading Fr. [From] High Street.
THE HARBOUR (CONTINUED) The Harbour
The Harbour
The Harbour		 Alexander Lowrie Harbour Master
Alexander Brodie Collector
John Smith Ship Broker		 time being. 6 other duly qualified inhabitants of the Burgh to be elected & [obscured] commissioners of supply, of which commission the Provost for the time being is ex officio the chairman. One third of the elected [commissioners] retire annually, & their places are filled up by others, Previous to establishment of the Harbour Commission the whole management was vested in the magistrates, & Town Council of the Burgh, & all the dues received went to the [obscured] burgh fund, but now with the exception of £ [obscured] paid annually to the magistrates & Town Council all the sums received are devoted to the liquidation of the debt incurred in making the harbour & in improving & maintaining the works of the harbour. A new pier is about to be erected from the [end] of East Quay to the NE [Northeast] end of Port Brae, tenders for the erection of which are to be deposited by first week in March 1854.

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Transcriber's notes

This page transcribed according to the pre-populated object names. There are no specific Descriptive Remarks for the three Piers.

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