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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL [Kinghorn] | School (Endowed) School (Endowed) School (Endowed) School (Endowed) |
Revd. [Reverend] J. Hardie Leighton's His [History] of Fife. Mr. Jeffrey Mr. Davidson |
037 | [situation] In the town of Kinghorn. A handsome building in the southern part of Kinghorn, erected for the education of the Male & Female children f the Parish. "The principal School of the Parish is partly burgh and partly Parochial. It was erected at the expense of the Town Council, the inhabitants, and the heritors, and the teachers are paid by the town council & the heritors. The later Robert Philp Esqr. of Edenshead, mortified a portion of his large fortune for the purpose of educating a certain number of children in the parishes of Kirkcaldy, Dysart, Abbotshall and Kinghorn. In all the other Parhs. [Parishes] handsome schoolhouses were erected for the purposes of the donor, but in the Ph. [Parish] of Kinghorn this has been considered unnecessary owing to the excellence of the school already existing. The teachers of the Burgh & parochial school have also the charge of those children who receive the benefit of Philp's mortification, and receive an additional salary from the managers on that account, beside receiving an excellent ordinary education, the children are furnished with Clothing, with books, paper, pens, ink and slates, and on leaving the School receive a sum of money from the funds, varying from £2 to £5 Sterling. In the same building with the School there is an excellent library and a museum which does great credit to the intelligence & love for knowledge of the Parishioners." Leighton's History of Fife Vol. [Volume] 3 |
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