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DIRECTORY
LIMEKILNS
PIPESHIRE
COACH & CAB OWNERS—
FOR HIRE.
Clark David, Limekilns
Elder David, Limekilns
COAL PROPRIETORS & COAL MASTERS.
SHIPPING OFFICES.
Cowdenbeath Colliery Co. Charlestown— Ohlsen
& Co. agents [son, agent
Dencud Colliery Co. Charlestown — Henry Addi-
Donibristle Colliery Co. Charlestown — Henry
Addison, agent
Dunfermline Coal Co. Charlestown— John Addi-
son, jun. agent [agents
Dysart Colliery Co. Charlestown— Ohlsen & Co.
Fife Coal Co. Charlestown— Henry Addison,
agent 5'ohn, agent
Halbeath Colliery Co.Charlestown— Jno. Little-
Hill of Death Colliery Co. Charlestown— Henry
Addison, agent [son, jun. agent
Lassodie Colliery Co. Charlestown— John Afldi-
Lochgelly Coal & Iron Co. Charlestown —
Ohlsen & Co. agents
Lochore & Cappledrae Coal Co. Charlestown—
Ohlsen & Co. agents
Lumphinans Coal and Iron Co. Charlestown—
Ohlsen & Co. agents [son, agent
Muiredge Colliery Co. Charlestown— Hy. Addi-
Nimmo John & Son, Charleston— Ohlsen & Co.
agents [Addison, jun. agent
Spowart Thomas and Co. Charlestown— John
Townhill Coal Co. Charlestown— Ohlsen & Co.
agents [Co. agents
Wemyss Coal Co. Charlestown — Ohlsen and
CONSUL— VICE.
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands,
& Germany - Siegwarth Halversen Ohlsen,
Charlestown
ENGINEER & IRONFOUNDER.
Morton Andrew, Charlestown Foun-
dry — See advertisement
FARMERS.
See Dunfermline Directory.
FIRE, &e. OFFICE AGENTS.
Alliance — Alexander Watson, Charlestown
Insurance Company of Scotland (lire)—
Alexander Watson, Charlestown
Lancashire (fire)— Ohlsen & Co. Charlestown
Reliance (life)— Ohlsen & Co. Charlestown
Scottish Union & National (life)— Ohlsen &
Co. Charlestown
GROCERS.
Marked thus * are also Spirit Dealers.
*Alister Charles, Limekilns
Hudson Robert, Limekilns
*Izett William, Limekilns
*Johnston William, Limekilns
Keddy Alexander, Charlestown
*M'Kenzie Mary, Limekilns
♦Whitehead Jane, Limekilns
Whyte George, Limekilns
Wilson & Moodie, Charlestown
♦Wilson Jessie, Limekilns
LIME WORKS.
Elgin the Earl of, Charlestown Lime Works-
Alexander Watson, agent
LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERS.
Thompson Helen, Limekilns
Wilson & Moodie, Charlestown
Young James, Limekilns
SALT MANUFACTURERS.
Ireland Thomas, Charlestown
Simpson D. & A. Charlestown
SHIP & BOAT BUILDER.
Whithead J. Brucehaven, by Limekilns
SPIRIT DEALERS & PUBLIC HOUSES.
Elder James (Elgin Inn), Charlestown
Ferguson George (Ship Tavern), Limekilns
Scott Margaret, Limekilns
Young John (Union Arms), Limekilns
SUPGEON.
Craine Robert Edward, l.f.p.s. Glos.
TAILORS.
M'Ewon David, Limekilns
M'Kenzie David, Limekilns
Whyte George, Limekilns
Young James, Limekilns
MISCELLANEOUS.
Addison John, harbour master & collector of
harbour duos, Charlestown
Addison John, jun. coal dealer, Charlestown
Allister Charles, flesher, Limekilns
Anderson Archibald, joiner, Limekilns
Scott John, miller, Pitliver Mill, Charlestown
Scott Jas. custom house officer, Charlestown
Wilson & Moodie, ship chandlers & iron-
mongers, Charlestown
PLACE OF WORSHIP
AND ITS MINISTER.
United Presbyterian Chuuch, Limekilns -
Rev. James G. Crawford
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY,
ON A BRANCH OF THE NORTH BRITISH LINE.
(For coal & minerals.)
Station, Charlestown— J. Addison, agent
COACH.
To DUNFERMLINE, four times a day
CARRIER.
To DUNFERMLINE, John Black, Monday,
Wednesday & Saturday
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
To and from EDINBURGH, ALLOA, and
STIRLING, Steamboats call at Limekilns,
according to tide, during summer season
LOCHGELLY,
WITH AUCHTERDERRAN, BEATH, BALLINGRY, COWDENBEATH, KELTY AND OAKFIELD.
LOCHGELLY is a police burgh and rising village in the parish of
Auchterderran, eight miles n.w. from Kirkcaldy, and the same
distance e. from Dunfermline. About a mile and a half distant are
Jfce ruins of the castle of Lochore. There is a station three-quarters
of a mile from Lochgelly, on the Dunfermline branch of the North
British Railway. Close thereto are the works and offices of the
Lochgelly Iron and Coal Company. Limited. At the works are four
furnaces for smelting, but they have not been in use for some
years. A branch of the Union Bank of Scotland, Limited, is es-
tablished in the village, and there is also a respectable hotel. Tbe
places of worship are a quoad sacra church, a Free church, an
United Presbyterian church and a Roman Catholic chapel. The
parish church of Auchterderran is at the hamlet of that name, two
and a half miles from Lochgelly. There are two large Board
schools. Population of Lochgelly in IS8I, 2,601.
Auchterderran is a parish in the western part of the county,
bounded by Beath and Balliugry on tbe west, Abbotshall and
Aucbtertool on the south and south-east, Dysart on the east, and
Kinglassie aDd Portmoak on the north. It has an irregular outline,
and is about four miles long from north to south, and about three
miles broad. The water of Orr flows eastward through tbe parish,
and in the southern part there is a sheet of water called Lochgelly,
which discharges itself by a small rivulet into that stream. Though
the soil is only nioderatively fertile, the inhabitants apply themselves
assiduously to agriculture, and have much improved the condition
and appearance of the district. Most of tho parish is under tillage,
and the rest in pasture. A considerable bed of coal and ironstone
traverses this part of the county. The former has long been cele-
brated for its excellent quality; the latter is of tbe black band
variety. Lochgelly is tho only village of any consequence in this
parish. There is an Established church and a public school. In
1881 the entire parish of Auchterderran, the area of which is 7,818
acres, had a population of 4,332.
Beath is a parish about four miles in leugth and about three in
breadth. Its boundaries are : ou the west, Dunfermline; on the east
Ballingry and Auchtorderran ; on tho north, Cleish ; on the south'
Aberdour and Dalgetty. The ground is hilly, and is watered by the
Kelty and a stream which flows from Loch Fitty, a shallow lake on
the western boundary. The soil is in some parts good, in otbers
inferior. Several collieries are in active operation, and give emplov-
ment to most of the inhabitants. Acreage, 6,345 ; population in
Cowdenbeath is a populous village in the parish of Beath, two
miles w. from Lochgelly, its post town, and is a station on the same
line of railway as Lochgelly. Here are the extensive collieries of the
Cowdenbeath Coal Company. There is a public hall here. Tbe
parish church is a mile n.w. of tho village. There are also a Free
church here and a Board school. Population in 1881, 2,796.
Kelly and OAEFiELDaro villages in this parish and adjoin Blair-
adam, their post town; they are about 3% miles from Lochgellv
tho former being a station on the Kinross branch of the North
Hritish Railway. At Kelty are the collieries of the Fife Coal Com-
pany, Limited, and there are a Free church and a Board School.
Ballingry is a parish three miles in length and about 1 4 in
breadth, and is 2^j miles from Lochgelly, its post town. It is bounded
on the north by Portmoak, on the east and south by Auchterderran
and Kinglassie, and on the west by Beath and Cleish. A small
corner of the village of Lochgelly is in this parish, and the mining
village of Lumphinans is the only other it contains. Coal is
raised in abundance, in the parish, about one-half of which is under
tillage, and the other half wood and pasture. There was formerly a
considerable loch in this parish called, Loch Orr, but it is now all
drained and in a state of cultivation. The only place of worship is
the Established church, situated in the north-woBt of the parish
There is a public school hero. Acreage, 4,621 ; population in 1881*
1,066.
POST OFFICE, Lochgelly, James Bethnne, Post Master. — Letters arrive from Edinburgh and the South and Dundee and the North
at 8 45 a.m. and 6 3U p.m., and from Dunfermline and the West at 8 30 a.m. and 6 10 p.m., and are despatched to Edinhurgb and the South
and Dundee and the North at 7 a.m. and 1 30 and 4 20 p.m., to Dunfermline and the West at 8 a.m. and 5 50 p.m. — -Money Order and
Telegraph Office and Savings Bank.
Post Office, Cowdenbeath, Archibald Thomson, Post Master.— Letters arrive from all parts at 7 10, 8 80 and 10 15 a.m. and 5 10
and 6 30 p.m., and are despatched to all parts at 6 40 a.m., and 1 30 and 4 40 p.m., to Dunfermline at 8 10 a.m., and 3 and 6 p.m.— Money
Order and Telegraph Office and Savings Bank.
*** Letters for Cowdenbeath should be addressed, " Cowdenbeath, Fifeshirf.,"
Post Office, Blairadam (for Kelty), Robert Shorthouse, Post Master.— Letters arrive (by railway travelling post) from Edinburgh
at 9 15 a.m., and from Kinross at 11 20 a.m., and are despatched to Kinross at 1 50, and to Edinburgh and all parts at 4 p.m. Moneu
Order and Telegraph Office and Savings Batik.
Post Office, Lochore, William Swan, Post Master.— Letters arrive from all parts (from Lochgelly) at 10 10 a.m., and are despatched
thereto at 3 5 p.m. The nearest Money Order Office, &c, is at Lochgelly, about three miles distant.
*** Letters from Auchterderran, Ballingry, Beath, Cardenden, Dundonald, Kiruness, Lochore, and Shaw's Mill should be addressed
*' near Lochgelly."
Letters for Kelty and Oakfield should be addressed, " Blairadam, Flfeshire."
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