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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOWER BRIDGE | Tower Bridge Tower Bridge Tower Bridge |
Rev [Reverend] P, Chalmers James Hunt Esq Mr Kilgour Town clerK |
035 | [Situation] Over the Tower Burn This bridge over the Tower Burn and formerly on the road leading from the West to Dunfermline, now one of the avenues leading to Pittencrieff House, It consists of two arches, the one placed over the other for strength and elevation of the roadway, Above the upper arch, is a shield and pelican, the arms of Captain Phin the last proprietor but one, and underneath them "Rebuilt 1788" and on the lower Arch is the same date immediately above which an old stone is inserted, having the letters A.R. (Anna Regina) and below them 1611, indicative of the erection of the former bridge in - in the time of Queen Anne of Denmark" (Abridged from Chalmers Hist [History] page 90) |
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[Page] 47Sheet 4 -- Trace 10 -- Town and Parish of Dunfermline
[Note] -- Not Printed on Plan,
to be left in abeyance
until further inquiries
are made, it will probably
be inserted as an antiquity.
Per Order
[Initialled] T.W
17/6/54 [17 June 1854]
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