Scotland > 1882-1915 - Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Scotland > 1886 - Slater's (late Pigot and Co's) Royal national commercial directory and topography of Scotland

DIRECTORY
WBMYSS
PIPESHIRE
PLUMBERS & GASFITTERS.
Galloway James (& tinsmith), Buckhaven
Nicol William, Buckhaven
ROPE & TWINE MANUFACTURER.
Guthrie John (rope & fishing line
manufacturer ), Methil
SALT MANUFACTURERS.
Gibb & Sons, Methil
SAW MILL OWNERS.
Brown David, Buckhaven
Wemyss Saw Mill, West Wemyss — Joseph
Budge, manager
SHIP CHANDLERS.
Harrow Alexander C. West Wemyss
Reid Anderson, West Wemyss
SPIRIT DEALERS & PUBLIC HOUSES.
(See also under the head of Grocers.)
Burt George, East Wemyss
Dryburgh Walter, East Wemyss
Fisher John, Methil
Gordon George, Randolph Hotel, Buckhaven
Harrow Ann, West WemysB
Leishman Thomas, Buckhaven
Logie Thomas, Buckhaven
M'llroy Daniel, Buckhaven
M'Taggart Catherine, Methil hill
Mitchell Janet, Buckhaven
Morgan William, Methil
Nicol Thomas, West Wemyss
Nicoll Andrew, West Wemyss
Pennycook David, West Wemyss
Robertson Harry, East Wemyss
Thomson Andrew, Buckhaven
Thomson Thomas, Buckhaven
SURGEONS & PHYSICIANS.
Aitkin John, Buckhaven
Watson Edward A. m.d. East Wemyss
TAILORS.
Marked thus * are also Clothiers.
Clunie William, East Wemyss
♦Collie John, Buckhaven
*Deas Peter, Buckhaven
Graham Peter, Methil
â– Hepburn Alexander & Son, West
Wemyss
*Hngh Thomas, East Wemyss
Masterton George, Methil
Rodger David, Buckhaven
MISCELLANEOUS.
Burnett William B. inspector of poor & clerk to
Wemyss School Board, East Wemyss
Crookston Andrew, colliery manager, West
Wemyss
Diston James, cabinet maker, Buckhaven
Dunsire Peter, stationer, Buckhaven
Johnson Thomas, sailmaker, Buckhaven
Kinnear William, fish curer, Buckhaven
Low James, nuisance inspector & clerk to local
authority to parish of Wemyss, Buckhaven
Public Buildings, Offices, &c.
PLACES OF WORSHIP
and their ministers.
Established Churches: —
East Wemyss — Rev. William Poison, M.A. &
Rev. W. A. Spark, M.A.
West Wemyss — Rev. John Thomson
Methil — Rev. Alexander Young
Free Church, Buckhaven— Rev. Wm. M'Ghio
Free Church, East Wemyss— Rev. Lewis A.
Muirhead, b.d.
United Presbyterian Church, Buckhaven
— Rev, John Gilkison Train
MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS,
Town Hall, West Wemyss.
Senior Bailie — John Dryburgh
Junior Bailie— Anderson Reid
Councillors — Twelve
Burgh Treasurer— J &mes Black
Town Cleric— James Black
Town Officer— Andrew Balfour
Cemetery, East Wemyss — Thomas M. Bever-
idge, keeper
Coast Guard Station, West Wemyss— Chas.
Bottrill, chief officer [manager
Gas Works, West Wemyss — Joseph Budge,
Gas Works, East Wemyss and Buckhaven —
William Blair, manager
Harbour Office, Buckhaven — Bernard Thomson,
harbour master [bour master
Harbour Office, Methil— James Thomson, har-
Harbour Office, West Wemyss— Charles Ward,
harbour master
Parochial Board & Rate Office, Wemyss —
William B. Burnett, inspector of poor and
collector of rates, East Wemyss
Police Station, West Wemyss— Laurence
Anderson, constable
Reading Rooms, East Wemyss— James Bever-
idge, secretary ; West Wemyss— David Kin-
near, secretary
Reading Room, Buckhaven
Registrars of Births, Deaths & Marriages—
Buckhaven, David M. Pryde ; East Wemyss,
David Laing
School Board Office for Parish of Wemyss,
East Wemyss— William B. Burnett, clerk
Wemyss Hospital, East Wemyss— Janet Dun-
bar, housekeeper
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY,
ON THE WEMYSS AND BUCKHAVEN LINE.
Station, Wemyss Castle— Alexander Benton,
station master
Station, West Wemyss— John Brown, station
master
Station, Buckhaven— David Liddle, station
master
CARRIERS.
To KIRKCALDY, James Black, from East
Wemyss, Tuesday and Friday, and Jessie
Flockhart, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday ; Alexander Patrick and Walter
Lawson, from Buckhaven, Tuesday ; Wm,
Thomson, from Buckhaven, Thursday and
Friday; and Thomas Christie, from West
Wemyss, Tuesday and Friday
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