Fife and Kinross-shire volume 124

Page List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks Continued entries/extra info Transcriber's notes
OS1/13/124/1 NETHERTOWN BROAD STREET Nethertown Broad Street Name on corner Mr John Low - Spittal Dye Works Mr Lambert 035 [Situation] Running West from East Nethertown Street and Bothwell Place Extends from Moodie street to junction (marked A) of East Nethertown and Bothwell Place.
OS1/13/124/1 REID STREET Reid Street Reid Street Reid Street Name on corner Valn [Valuation] Roll 1848 ErsKine Beveridge (Provost) 035 [Situation] About 5 chains West from Bothwell Place A short Street between Priory Lane and Netherton Broad Street the houses in it are in good repair and are generally occupied by Damask Weavers
OS1/13/124/1 EAST NETHERTOWN STREET East Nethertown Street Name on corner Mr Lambert Supt [Superintendent] of Police Mr John Low 035 [Situation] About 5 chains East from Reid Street running in direction of Brucefield Street A short street - extending from the termination of the New Row to junction (marKed A) of Bothwell Place.
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OS1/13/124/2 BRUCEFIELD STREET Brucefield Street Brucefield Street Brucefield Street Name on corner Mr Hoggan Grocer &c East Nethertown st Mr John Scotland 035 [Situation] To the East of East Nethertown Street and Bothwell Place Extends from the Termination of the New Row (at junction of East Nethertown St) Six Chains Towards the Hospital Bridge, to where Bothwell street commences.
OS1/13/124/2 BOTHWELL STREET Bothwell Street Bothwell Street Bothwell Street Name on corner Mr John Low Spittal Dye WorKs Mr Hoggan 035 [Situation] Extends about 8 Chains N. [North] West from Hospital Bridge to the termination of Brucefield Street Commences at termination of Brucefield Street and terminates at the Hospital Bridge.
OS1/13/124/2 BOTHWELL PLACE Bothwell Place Bothwell Place Bothwell Place Name on corner Mr Lambert, Supt [Superintendent] of Police Mr Scotland 035 [Situation] Extends about 4 1/2 chains from the termination of Bothwell Street to the Junction of East Nethertown Street A street commencing at junction (marKed A) of East Nethertown street - and terminates at Bothwell st
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OS1/13/124/3 HOSPITAL BRIDGE Spittal Bridge Spittal Bridge Spittal Bridge Hospital Bridge Hospital Bridge Hospital Bridge Hospital Bridge Hospital Bridge Mr John Low Mr R. Walker Road Map Schedule ErsKine Beveridge (Provost) John Scotland John Walls Robert Walls Mr Kilgour 035 [Situation] About 2 chains South E [East] from Hospital Dye Works. A substantial Stone Bridge (one arch) crossing the Line Burn on the road from Dunfermline to InverKeithing. Kept in repair by the County.
OS1/13/124/3 GRANGE BRIDGE Grange Bridge Grange Bridge Grange Bridge Grange Bridge Mr R. Walker John Low Erskine Beveridge Esqr John Scotland 035 [Situation] About 16 1/2 chains West from Hospital Bridge. A stone bridge (one arch) crossing the Line Burn From Dunfermline to the Grange Farm &c Kept in Repair by the County
OS1/13/124/3 [Page] 3 Sheet 7 -- Trace 1 -- Town of Dunfermline [Note Grange Bridge] -- Grange. A corn farm -- Jameson [Spittal Burn crossed out] [Note Line Burn crossed out] -- Suttons
OS1/13/124/4 ELGIN STREET Elgin Street Elgin Street Name on corner Mr Ralph WalKer Elgin Bleachfield Elgin St 035 [Situation] Running in a North Westerly direction from Grange Bridge A new street commencing at Nethertown Broad St. and terminates at the Grange Bridge.
OS1/13/124/4 ELGIN BLEACHFIELD Elgin Bleachfield Elgin Bleachfield Mr Ralph Walker Elgin Bleachfield Mr John Low Spittal Dye WorKs 035 [Situation] On the West Side of Elgin Street and on the North Side of Lyne Burn A Bleachfield adjoining and West of Elgin street. The property of the Earl of Elgin, and in the occupation of Mr Ralph Walker.
OS1/13/124/4 HOSPITAL DYE WORKS Spittal Dye WorKs Spittal Dye WorKs Hospital Dye Works Hospital Dye Works Hospital Dye Works Hospital Dye Works Hospital Dye Works Mr John Low (occupier) Mr Ralph Walker Erske [Erskine] Beveridge Esqr Mr Kilgour John Scotland John Walls Robert Walls 035 [Situation] About 2 chains North West of Hospital Bridge West of and adjoining Bothwell street - the property of the Reverend Mr Sutherland - in the occupation of Mr Low.
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OS1/13/124/4 For Hospital Dye Works see Town Plan - http://maps.nls.uk/view/74415335
OS1/13/124/5 THE RHODES The Rhodes The Rhodes The Rhodes ErsKine Beveridge Provost Mr Bonnar Architect Mr Crombie Woodhead Street 035 [Situation] About 5 1/2 Chains North West from Hospital Bridge. adjoining Bothwell St A few indifferent looKing houses on the estate of Brucefield the property of ErsKine Beveridge Esquire and tenanted by worKing people,
OS1/13/124/5 [Page] 5 Sheet 7 -- Trace 2 -- Parish and Town of Dunfermline [Note Gardeners Cottage, crossed out] -- Not a proper name -- [Initialled] G.V.
OS1/13/124/6 BRUCEFIELD HOUSE Brucefield House Brucefield House Brucefield House ErsKine Beveridge proprietor Mr Leggat (St Leonards Factory) Mr Adamson (St Leonards Factory) 035 [Situation] About 6 chains North from Lyne Burn & 18 Chains North East from St Leonards Factory A large house in tolerably [good] repair the mansion of the Brudefield estate, the [property] of ErsKine Beveridge [Esquire] It is pleasantly situated [on a] gently rising eminence and surrounded by large old [trees] and evergreens,
OS1/13/124/6 LYNE BURN The Lyne The Lyne The Lyne Line Burn Line Burn Line Burn Line Burn Line Burn Line Burn Lyne Burn Full [Fullarton's] Gazetteer Old Stat. Acct [Statistical Account] Chalmers Caledonia ErsKine Beveridge Esqr Mr Matthewson (Factor) John Scotland John Walls Woods Map of Dunfermline 1823 Mr Kilgour (Town clerk) New Stat. [Statistical Account] 035 [Situation] On the North Side of St Leonards Factory passes under Hospital Bridge A small stream rising on [the east] side of the town, it flows in [a] westerly direction & empties [itself] into the Frith of Forth near [Charleston] The town of Dunfermline is said [to] derive the latter part of its name from this stream
OS1/13/124/6 [Page] 6 Sheet 7 -- Trace 3 -- Parish and Town of Dunfermline [Notes Lyne Burn] -- Lin. Lyn, Lyne. A fall of Water or a shrubbery ravine -- Jameson Linne. A pool, a pond, Gaelic Dictionary. For addl [additional] authorities See the N B [Name Book] of [34D]
OS1/13/124/6 Words lost in fold of page.
OS1/13/124/7 GRANGE ROAD Grange Road Grange Road Grange Road Grange Road Mr Ralph Walker Mr J Low John Scotland ErsKe [Erskine] Beveridge Esqr 035 [Situation] South of Lyne Burn, Extends from the Grange Bridge A road from the Grange Bridge - To the Grange Farm &c about 1/2 mile.
OS1/13/124/7 [Page] 7 Sheet 7 -- Trace 4 -- Town of Dunfermline [Note] -- Grange. A Corn farm, &c, -- Jameson.
OS1/13/124/8 ST LEONARD'S PLACE Saint Leonards Place Saint Leonards Place Saint Leonards Place Name on corner Mr Lambert, Supr [Superintendent] of Police John Scotland 035 [Situation] Extends South East from Hospital Bridge A street commencing at the Hospital Bridge - and extending in a south easterly direction 14 chains - From North side of Bridge Termination of Street marKed A. at this point Hospital Hill commences.
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OS1/13/124/9 ST LEONARD'S FACTORY (Damask & Diaper) St Leonards Factory St Leonards Factory St Leonards Factory ErsKe [Erskine] Beveridge Esqr (Owner) Mr Legat Manager Mr Meldrum Salesman 035 [Situation] To the East of St Leonards Place, and South Side of Lyne Burn. about 2 1/2 chains East of Hospital Bridge A large Hand & Power loom Factory for the manufacturing of DamasK & Diaper Cloths, at present in active operation, upwards of 600 persons are employed on the premises.
OS1/13/124/9 ST LEONARD'S HOSPITAL (Supposed Site of) St Leonards Hospital (supposed site of) St Leonards Hospital (supposed site of) St Leonards Hospital (supposed site of) St Leonards Hospital (supposed site of) St Leonards Hospital (supposed site of) Erskine Beveridge Esqr Mr Kilgour John Scotland John Walls New Stat, Acct [Statistical Account] 035 About 1/2 a chain from St Leonards Factory, and nearly a chain East from St Leonards Place Chalmers in his Hist [History] of Dunfermline says "This is the most ancient charitable institution now in the parish, but the exact date of it has not been ascertained. The Court booKs belonging to it reach back to 1594, & there is an entry in 1651, mentioning historically the institution to have been in the time of Malcolm Canmore & Queen Margaret. Tradition says that the latter was the foundress. The object of it was the maintenance of 8 Widows. The provision for them is payable from the produce of 64 Acres of land in the immediate vicinity of the place where the Hospital once stood. The average annual amount received by each of them for the last 5 Years has been £8.9.3. The Hospital it is thought was demolished in the troubles during the reign of Charles Ist, or by Cromwell's soldiers after the battle of InverKeithing, & has never since been rebuilt. The widows now reside in their own houses & receive [Continued on Page 10]
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OS1/13/124/9 For site of St Leonard's Hospital see Town Plan - http://maps.nls.uk/view/74415335
OS1/13/124/10 ST LEONARD'S HOSPITAL 035 [Continued from Page 9] 2/- [ 2 shillings] per annum in lieu of accommodation. The Hospital was situated a little to the south of the Hospital Bridge at the lower end of the town on the road [leading] to Queensferry." (A portion of the wall of the building [was] standing within the memory of the two last authorities.) [John Scotland and John Walls]
OS1/13/124/10 Site of GRAVE YARD [St Leonard's Hospital] Grave Yard Grave Yard Grave Yard Grave Yard Erskine Beveridge Esqr Mr Kilgour John Scotland John Walls 035 [Situation] On the East Side and adjoining St Leonard's Place "At the end of the last Century, [part] of the S. [South] wall was standing, & the little piece of rising ground on [the] North side where some trees are [now] growing was then used as a burial ground"
OS1/13/124/10 ST LEONARD'S WELL St Leonard's Well St Leonard's Well St Leonard's Well St Leonard's Well Erskine Beveridge Esqr Mr Kilgour John Scotland John Walls 035 [Situation] About a chain East from the Supposed Site of St Leonard's Hospital A good Spring Well, the [water] of which was formerly used by the inhabitants of St Leonard's Hospital
OS1/13/124/10 [Page] 10 Trace 6 [Note St Leonard's Grave Yard] -- "Site of Grave Yard" In German text -- [Initialled] J.B. taken in connection with the supposed site of St Leonard's Hospital -- [Initialled] J.B.
OS1/13/124/10 For site of St Leonard's Hospital and Grave Yard see Town Plan - http://maps.nls.uk/view/74415335 Words lost in fold of page. Faint writing below note on Site of Grave Yard largely illegible.
OS1/13/124/11 DUNFERMLINE DISTRICT TRUST (No 8) Dunfermline District Trust (No 8) Mr Tuckett Road Surveyor Mr McDonald (Deputy Clerk to Trust) 035 Described in Road Map Schedule as "No 8, Spittal (Hospital) Crosshead by Duloch to Hillend"
OS1/13/124/11 DUNFERMLINE DISTRICT TRUST (No 9) Dunfermline District Trust (No 9) Mr Tuckett (Road Surveyor) Mr McDonald (Deputy Clerk to Trust) 035 Described in Road Map Schedule as "No 9, Spittal (Hospital) Bridge to Great North Road near North Ferry Toll Bar. Under the designation of Western District of Fife TurnpiKe Roads, are comprehended several portions of highways, upon which Toll Bars are placed under an Act of Parliamt, [Parliament] the whole are clearly defined in a Map & schedule in the possession of the Road Surveyor.
OS1/13/124/11 [Page] 11 Trace 8 [Note Dunfermline District Trust No 8] -- [Description - Road Map Schedule] ?
OS1/13/124/12 HOSPITAL HILL [cottages] Hospital Hill Hospital Hill Hospital Hill Mr Lambert Mr Blair Corner Ticket of House 035 [Situation] Extends to the Cottage P.H [Public House] A long range of Scattered Cottages with gardens in rere extending from a point of the Road about 3 chains N.W [North West] from the Hospital Toll Bar - a fence abutting nearly East from Road more fully denoting the spot, - and extends Eastwards to a Public house written on Trace as "The Cottage"
OS1/13/124/12 THE COTTAGE P.H. The Cottage P.H [Public House] The Cottage P.H [Public House] The Cottage P.H [Public House] The Cottage P.H [Public House] Mr Forsyth (occupier) John Scotland John Walls Hospital Hill Robert Walls Hospital Hill 035 [Situation] About 15 ½ Chains South East from Hospital T.B [Toll Bar] A Roadside Public House at the S [South] east end of Hospital Hill
OS1/13/124/12 HOSPITAL CROSS HEAD Hospital Cross Head Hospital Cross Head Hospital Cross Head Esrkine Beveridge Esqr John Scotland John Walls Robert Walls 035 [Situation] About 1/2 a chain from the Cottage P.H. [Public House] The Cross Roads at the S.E. [South East] end of Hospital Hill. A stone Cross once stood here, "but not a [vestige] now remains," neither can any [person] point out the site. The name [is] well Known
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OS1/13/124/13 HOSPITAL T.P. Hospital T.B. [Toll Bar] Hospital T.B. [Toll Bar] Hospital T.B. [Toll Bar] Hospital T.B. [Toll Bar] ErsKine Beveridge (Provost) Mr Kilgour (Town clerK) John Walls Mr Lambert 035 [Situation] About 9 1/2 Chains South from St Leonards Well on the Road from St Leonards Place The first Toll Bar on the road to N [North] Queensferry near St Leonard's Hospital
OS1/13/124/13 DUNFERMLINE (Parish) 035 [Situation] Near the Western Extremity of the County For descriptive remarKs see name List for Plan 35A,
OS1/13/124/13 HOSPITAL HILL [hill] Hospital Hill Mr Thomson Mr Henderson, Hill Ho [House] 035 [Situation] On the West Side of the Road of that name. A small arable hill on the farm of Grange and convenient to the site of St Leonard's Hospital, hence the name, On its summit is a Trigl [Trigonometrical] Station
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OS1/13/124/15 ST LEONARD'S SCHOOL St Leonard's School St Leonard's School St Leonard's School E. Beveridge Esqr (Proprietor) Mr Dobie Mr Meldrum 035 [Situation] On the West, and adjoining St Leonard's Factory The school is the property of Erskine Beveridge Esqr & was built by him for the accommodation of the children of the operatives employed at the Factory. The teachers income is derived partly from Mr Beveridge & partly from the pupils. The operatives children pay but a very small sum for their education, other children are admitted but pay a greater sum to the teacher, according to age.
OS1/13/124/15 [Page] 15 Trace 6 -- Sheet 7 [Signed] J. Bayly Capt. R.E [Captain Royal Engineers] 21st March 1854.
OS1/13/124/15 For situation see Town Plan - http://maps.nls.uk/view/74415335
OS1/13/124/16 [Page] 16 OS1/13/124 124 [Stamped] ORDNANCE SURVEY M.S. [MANUSCRIPT] STORE -- SOUTHAMPTON -- 4 OCT. 94 [OCTOBER 1894] Co [COUNTY] FIFE TOWN OF DUNFERMLINE SHEET 7 Parish of -- Page Dunfermline -- 1
OS1/13/124/17 [Page] 17 [Index page] Parish of Dunfermline --Co [County] fife -- sheet 7 [Names of Objects] -- Pages -- Trace Parish of Dunfermline -- 13 Brucefield Street -- 2 Bothwell Street -- 2 Bothwell Place -- 2 Brucefield House -- 6 Dunfermline District Trust No, 8. -- 11 Dunfermline District Trust No. 9. -- 11 East Netherton Street -- 1 Elgin Street -- 4 Elgin Bleachfield -- 4 Grange Road -- 7 Grange Bridge -- 3 Hospital Bridge -- 3 Hospital Dye WorKs -- 4 Hospital Hill -- 12 Hospital Cross Head -- 12 Hospital T,B, [Toll Bar] -- 13 Lyne Burn -- 6 Netherton Broad Street -- 1 Old Grave yard -- 10 Reid Street -- 1 St Leonard's Place -- 8 St Leonard's School -- 15 St Leonard's Factory -- 9 St Leonard's Hospital (supposed site of) -- 9 St Leonard's Well -- 10 The Rhodes -- 5 The Cottage P,H, [Public House] -- 12