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DIRECTORY.]
LADYBANK is a village, 5 miles south-
west from Cupar, ecclesiastical parish
formed from Collessie parish, and in con-
junction with Monkston a police burgh,
governed by a chief magistrate, two, junior
magistrates and six commissioners ; it is
in the parish of Collessie, and is an im-
portant railway station on the North British
system, being the junction for the lines
from Edinburgh, Alloa and Perth with the
line to Dundee. The chief business is linen
manufacturing, but malting and bobbin
making are likewise carried on. A United
Free church, with spire, was erected here
in 187G; a quoad sacra church has also
been built, and there is a public school.
The area of the burgh is 105 acres; rate-
able value, £4,272; the population in 1891
was 1,109, and in 1901, 1,340 burgh,
and 1,475 in the ecclesiastical parish.
Post, T., M. 0., T. M. 0., E. D. & P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. 0.; William Scott,
postmaster. Deliveries, 8.30 a.m. & 5.50
p.m. ; dispatches, North, 7.40 a.m. &
5.15 p.m. ; South, 6.30 a.m. & 1.45, 4.30
& 7.15 p.m
POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
Chief Magistrate, James Crichton
Junior Magistrates, Andrew Thomson &
Hugh McLaggan
Commissioners, six
Clerk, John L. Anderson, Cupar
Medical Officer of Health, John Aitken
M.D., CM., D.P.H. Buckhaven
Masonic Hall, King Robert de Bruce
Lodge 304, Robert Bruce, sec
Police Station, John Mitchell, constable
Established Church, Rev. Rt. H. Kerr M.A
"United Free Church, Rev. Peter Carmichael
Stewart M.A
Episcopal Chapel, served from Cupar
Board School, for 400 children ; average
attendance, 296; Thomas H. Ross, mas-
ter; Miss Lizzie Hunter, mistress
Conveyance by Railway, Ladybank junc
tion' & station, one mile from Kettle;
John A. Coventon, station master
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Carrie David, Commercial road
Cranna Charles John, Strathden
Crichton James, Boyne house
Crichton Mrs. John, Walmer house
Crichton John
Crichton Mrs. Thomas, Rcselea
Dean Miss, Boyne house
Haig Oliver, Ramornie
FIFESHIBE.
Johnston George, Lathrisk
Johnston Peter, Bellevue
Kerr Rev. Robert H., M.A. (Established),
The Manse
Laidlaw Robert M.A., M.B., CM
Mitchell John, Bank house
Mudie Robert Feris M.B., CM. Church st
Patrick Mrs. Devon cottage
Stewart Rev. Peter Carmichael M.A. (U.F)
Whale David T. Eden villa
COMMERCIAL.
Anderson Jn. boot & shoe ma. Kinloch st
Anderson John L. solicitor, clerk to the
burgh commissioners & cierk & treasurer
to Collessie school board ; & at Cupar
Beveridge Erskine & Co. Lim. linen manu-
facturers ; & at Dunfermline
Birket George, mole catcher, Church street
Braid Andrew, hshnionger, Hotel buildings
Brattes3ni Luigi, confectioner
Briggs William & Sons Lim. tar distillers
&c. (George Black, manager); head
office, Dundee
Bruce Ann (.Miss), baker
Bruce Robert, householder, Church street
Carswell David, jun. solicitor
Carswell William, slater & plasterer
Cellars William, joiner
Cranna Charles John, manager of Fife Auc-
tion Co. Lim
Crichton T. & J. & J. Lim. maltsters
Cunnison James, grocer & spirit dealer
Curling Club (Andrew Thomson, sec)
Dall James B. cycle agent, Commercial rd
Dall John, plumber & gasfitter
Dick Peter M. registrar of births, deaths
& marriages, collector of poor's rate &
clerk & inspector of poor to Collessie
Parish Council
Doig Nellie (Mrs.), grocer &o. Melville road
Douglas R. mineral water manufacturer,
Kinloch street
Dron Isabella (Miss), draper & milliner,
Commercial road
Edwards David, Royal hotel & posting ho
Fifcshire Auction Co. Lim. (Robert Mitchell,
sec. & Charles John Cranna, manager),
Commercial road
Findlay J. H. & Co. Lim. tobacconists,
Railway station
Forrester Marjory (Mrs.), grocer & spirit
dealer, Church street
Golf Club (Robert Laidlaw, sec)
Golf Club (Ladies') (Mrs. Laidlaw, sec)
Hardie Euphemia (Mrs.), grcr. & genl. dlr
Honeyman Alexander, confectioner
Howe J. & J. saddlers, Commercial road
Hutchinson Robert, draper
LARGO. 655
Laidlaw Robert M.A., M.B., CM. surgeon,
& parochial medical officer for Collessie
Lamb Robert, blacksmith, Commercial rd
Law & Sons, boot dealers, grocers, drapers
& ironmongers
Lowe Jn. C. & Sons, slaters & plasterers
McArthur P. & Sons, grocers & spirit
dealers, Commercial road
McGregor A. & Sons, butchers
Mackenzie Kenneth, bookseller, stationer &
news agent, Commercial road
Mackie John, baker
McPherson & Graham, drprs. Commercial rd
McFherson Andrew, cycle agent, Commer-
cial road
Masonic Hall (Robert Bruce, sec)
Menzies John & Co. booksellers & news
agents, Railway station
Milne James, grocer & spirit dealer
Mitchell Robert, agent for Union Bank of
Scotland & insurance agent & sec. for
Fife Auction Co. Lim
Moir Euphemia (Miss), grocer & general
dealer, Commercial road
Morris Agnes (Mrs.), draper, Church street
Mudie Robert Feris M.B., C.M.Edin. sur-
geon, Church street
Myles J. & A. drapers, Commercial road
Nairn David, builder
Orchison Alexander, refreshment bar &
spirit dealer, Railway station
Peattie William, joiner & ho. carpenter
Randall George, painter" & china dlr. Vic-
toria street
Reid John W. timber mer. & saw mill ownr
Scott Thomas (Mrs.), Railway Arms inn
Scott William, postmaster
Shand Patrick, saddler
Smith Alexander, coal merchant, joiner &
saw mill owner
Steedman May (Miss), confectioner, Com-
mercial road
Stevenson John, boot & shoe maker, Com-
mercial road
Taylor & Anderson, solicitors; & at Cupar
Thomson Bros, butchers, Commercial road
Thomson Andrew, tailor, Commercial road
Turner William, tailor, Church street
Union Bank of Scotland Limited (branch)
(Robert Mitchell, agent; David Pollock,
accountant) ; draw on London office, 62
Cornhill E & Bank of England E C,
London
Wann William, grocer & spirit dealer
Williamson M. E. & M. (Misses), drapers
Williamson Jane (Mrs.), draper, milliner &
dress maker, Commercial road
Willock & Co. fancy goods, news agents,
photographers & confectioners
LARGO,
INCLUDING LARGO (UPPER & LOWER) & LUNDIN.
LARGO is a parish on the north shore of
the Firth of Forth, at the head of Largo
bay, in the small debt court district of
Leven, and contains the villages of Upper
or Kirkton of Largo,Lundin Mill and Lower
Largo, the latter a small seaport with a
station on the Thornton, Anstruther and
St. Andrews section of the North British
railway, and there is another station at
Lundin Links, one mile from Largo. The
parish is 4 miles in extent from north to
south by 3 in breadth, and is bounded on
the north by Ceres, east by Kilconquhar
and Newburn, and west by Scoonie. A
striking feature in the landscape is Largo
Law, a conical hill, rising to a height of
950 feet above the level of the sea, and
green to the summit, where it is cleft in
two. From its top a splendid view of
the Firth of Forth, with" its islands, and
the opposite shore of the Lothians is ob-
tained. The minerals worked are coal and
limestone, the latter being most excellent
in quality. The National Bank of Scotland
Limited has a branch, and a Savings
Bank is also established. Largo was the
birthplace of Sir Andrew Wood, a cele-
brated admiral in the reign of James III.
who presented the barony of Largo to him,
in recognition of his services, and the
shore for an extent of 5 miles is still
claimed by his descendants. Sir John
Leslie, the'ptulosopher, was also born here.
Within the grounds of Largo House is a
conical-topped tower, which formed part
of the old castle built by Sir Andrew Wood.
This tower, it is said, was built by the
prisoners taken by Sir Andrew in his sea
fights. Lower Largo was the birthplace,
about 1G76, of Alexander Selkirk, rendered
famous by the pen of De Foe as " Robinson
Crusoe." A descendant, named Catherine
Selkirk, was resident in this village until
her death, in 1862. Mr. David Gillies, of
Cnrdv works, also a descendant of the
family, has erected, on the site of his birth-
place, a life-size bronze statue to Alexander
Selkirk, which was unveiled 11th Decem-
ber, 18S5, by the Earl of Aberdeen. The
tablet bears the inscription — " In memory
of Alexander Selkirk, mariner, the original
of Robinson Crusoe, who lived in the
island of Juan Fernandez, in complete soli-
tude, for four vears and four months. He
d:ed 1723, Lieut, of H.M.S. Weymouth,
aged 47 years." The Simpson Institute
Hall, opened May 8th, 1891, was erected
by means of a legacy of £4,000, bequeathed
by Mrs. Galloway in memory of her father,
George Simpson, of Upper Largo. It is
an edifice of stone, in the old Scottish style,
and is devoted to educational, recreative
and social purposes: the interior contains
a public hall, library and billiard room,
and attached are grounds with a bowling
green and tennis court. The institute is
controlled by a board of trustees. Wood's
Hospital, which stands in the Kirkton of
Largo, was erected under an endowment
by Mr. John Wood, a native of this place,
for " any man or woman of the name of
Wood," to whatever part of Scotland he or
she may belong. The foundation provides
the inmates with two rooms each, beds and
bedding, .and the produce of the gardens.
The parish church is in Upper Largo, and
has in the transept a memorial window to
Sir Andrew Wood, before named. A Celtic
cross of unknown date, found in the parish
in the year 1839 by General Durham, then
proprietor of Largo, now stands in the
parish churchyard. Largo house is a spa-
cious mansion built in 1750, situated a little
to the west of the village on a slope with
southern aspect, amid richly ornamented
grounds. It is now (1903) the property of
C J. M. Maitland Hakgill Crichton esq.
The soil is partly of a light character, but
more commonly of a black loam. The in-
habitants are mainly devoted to agricul-
tural pursuits, and the chief crops are
wheat, oats, potatoes, rye and flax. Sir
John Gilmour bart. of Montrave, C. J. M.
Maitland Makgill, Major-General David
Briggs, of Strathairly House, and John
Baxter esq. of Gilston, are the principal
landowners. The area of the parish com-
prises 7,371 acres; rateable value, £17,595;
the population in 1891 was 2,324, and in
1901, 2.046 ; of these 481 were in Lower
Largo (and Temple) and 570 in Lundin
Mill and Drumochie. The population of
the ecclesiastical parish in 1901 was 1,895.
Lower Largo is a fishing village in this
parish, one mile south-west from Upper
Largo, 2£ miles north-east from Leven and
3£ south-west from Col'msburgh, on the
shore of an indentation of the Firth of
Forth, called Largo bay; it stands at the
efflux of a rivulet named the Keil, whose
estuary forms a harbour to the place.
Lundin Mill is a village adjoining
Lower Largo, with a station called Lundin
Links, on the North British railway. A
square tower, which formed part of the
ancient castle of Lundin, still remains.
Here also are the three " Standing Stones
of Lundin," supposed to have once formed
part of a Druidical temple. Letters through
Largo.
Post, T., M. O., T. M. O., E. D. & P. P.
0., S. B. & A. & I. 0. Upper Largo;
Robert Nicoll, postmaster. Letters arrive
through Lower Largo R.S.O. Deliveries,
9 a.m. & 7 p.m. ; dispatches, 6.15 &
11.20 a.m. (Julv-Sept.) & 3.20 & 6.40 p.m
Post, T., M. 0., T. M. 0., E. D. & P. P.
0.', S. B. & A. & I, 0. Lower Largo;
John Welsh, postmaster. (Railway Sub-
Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Fife-
shire added.) Deliveries, 6. 50 (June-
Sept.) & 8.50 a.m. & 6.30 (June-Sept.),
6.40 (Oct.-Mav) p.m.; dispatches, 6
(June-Sept.), 7.30 (Oct.-May) & 11.40
a.m. & 3.55 & 7.20 p.m