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DIRECTORY.]
Simpson M.& C. (Misses'), drapers, 43 High st
Simpson W. & W. B. butchers, H High st
Smart Alexander, bill poster, 21 North st
Smlith Alexander, painter & paperhanger,
48 High street
Smith James H. solicitor & public notary
& sheriff clerk depute at Leven &â–  bank
agent, National Bank of Scotland, Durie st
Smith John, confectioner, 16 North street
Smith John, dairyman, 2 Scoonie place
Smith John Muir, grocer & hardware dlr.
Gladstone street
Smith William, coal mer. 75 North street
Somerville John, grocer & ironmonger, 10
Shorehead
Speirs Adam, grocer & spirit dealer, 37
High street
Stephen R. (Miss), school, 27 Viewforth
Telephone Call Office. 63 High street
Thistle (The) Golf Club (John T. Ireland,
sec), The Links
Thompson William Speed, grocer & spirit
dealer, 42 High street
Thomson A. & Sons, tailors, Durie street
Thomson Agnes (Miss), china &c. dealer,
26 High street
Thomson Agnes (Mrs.), aparts. Cairn villa
Thomson Samuel, fancy goods d!r.72 High st
Town Hall (Albert "Bateman, manager),
Mitchell street
Visocchi P. ice cream vendor, 101 North st
Waddell James, spirit dlr. 8 & 10 North st
Walker Andrew, plumber & gasfitter, 26
High street
Walker Wm. assistant secretary, Annandale
Wallace & Shepherd, share brokers & insur-
ance agents, Royal Bank buildings,
High Btreet
Wallace & Son, drapers, dress makers &c.
& outfitters, 1 Shorehead & 7 High street
Wallace ^ Watson, solicitors, Forth street
Wallace Forbes Thomson, solicitor (Wallace
& Watson), & joint agent, British Linen
Co.'s Bank
Wallace James, registrar of births, deaths
& marriages for the parish of Scoonie, 7
High street
Watson John Thomson, solicitor & notary
public (Wallace & Wat=on), & joint agt.
British Linen Co.'s Bank
Watt James, boot & shoe maker, Durie et
Webster Andrew, joiner, Mount Pleasant
Whvte Agnes (Miss), apartments.Taymount
Wilkie & Gibb, joiners & builders, Mitchell
street
Wilkie Thomas & Son, boot & shoe makers,
39 High street
Wilkie, Youden & Bruce, solicitors, Durie st
Wilkie James, mason & builder, Links
Wilkie Mary (Miss), apartments, Bay
View terrace
Wilkinson Robert, confectioner, Station rd
Williamson David Blyth, p'.umber & gas-
fitter, Union street
WilsonDavid, grocer & spirit dealer,Durie st
Wilson Jane E. (Miss), cart owner, Com-
mercial road
Wilson John, householder, Kirkmay
Wilson William, spirit dealer, 24 High st
Young John, boot maker, South street
Young John Cooks, photographer, 30
South street
Y. W. C. A. Holiday Home (Miss Davidson,
supt.). 6 The Berea
Younger Miss, apartments, Sandy Knowe
LIBERTY, see Elie.
LIMEKILN'S, with the creek of
Brucehaven, forms a small harbour on the
north bank of the Firth of Forth, in the
parish of Dunfermline and parliamentary
division of West Fife, 4 miles west from
North Queensferry.and 3 south of Dunferm-
line town. The adjoining village of Charles-
town forms a part of the port, and contains
a station on the Dunfermline and Charles-
town branch of the North British railway,
opened for passenger traffic, l?t September,
1894. There is a fhipbuilding yard at
Rrucehaven, and at Charlestown, which is
the property of the Earl of Elgin, and con-
tains a harbour formed by him, but now
owned by the North Br'tL-h Railway Co.
large quantities of coal and lime are
shipped; there are also two salt works and
an iron foundry. The population in 1901
was Charlestown 750, Limekilns 552, and
in 1891 the ficures were 673 nod 582.
Post Office, Limekilns ; Robert Purvis, sub-
postmaster. Letters received through
Dunfermline. Deliveries, 8.35 & 11.20
a.m.; dispatches, 7 a.m. & 1.5 & 4.15
p.m.; sunday dispatch, 1 p.m. Postal
Orders are issued & paid here. The
nearest money order & telegraph office
is at Charlestown, 1 mile distant
Post, T., M. O., T. M. O., E. D. & P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. O. Oharlpstown; John
Moodie, jun. postmaster. Letters received
through Dunfermline. Deliveries, 8.10
FIFESHIRE.
& 10.50 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; dispatches,
7.15 a.m. & 1.30 & 5 p.m
Vice-Consul for Denmark, Sweden & Nor-
way & Consular Agent for the Nether-
lands & Germany, George McEwan,
Charlestown
VOLUNTEERS.
First Fifeshire Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers) (No. 4 Company), James
Morton, lieutenant
United Free Church, Limekilns, Rev. James
G. Crawford
Board Schools : —
Limekilns, Andrew Todd, master
Charlestown, James Davidson, master
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY,
On a branch of the North British railway.
Station, Charlestown, James Couper, station
master
Coach to Dunfermline four times a day
Limekilns.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Crawford Rev. James G. (United Free)
Gartshore Mrs. The Park
Reid Miss. The Hollies
Simpson Mrs. Halkett's hall
Watson Mrs. Brucehaven road
COMMERCIAL.
AUister Margaret (Mrs.), grocer & spirit
dealer
Anderson Henry, Union Arms inn
Brown David, hair dresser
Currie Jeanie (Mrs.), grocer & spirit d'.r
Elder Hugh & David, horse hirers
Ewan John, grocer & spirit dealer
Ferguson George, Ship tavern
Grieve Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Harley John, market gardener
Johnston William, grocer & spirit dealer
McLaren Robert, master mariner
Munro Robert, master mariner
Paton Robert, baker
Purvis Robert, postmaster
Rankin Thomas, boot maker
Robertson James, cartwright & joiner
Robertson John, refreshment rooms
Taylor William, boat builder
Todd Andrew, school master
White George, butcher
Whitehead Margaret (Miss), grocer & spirit
dealer
Wilson Allan, butcher
Wilson David, master mariner
Charlestown.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Craine Robert Edward, Lime Bank cottage
Miller James D. Walk mill
Morton James, Glen villa
Morton John P. Braeside
Wellwood J. A. Maconochie J. P. Pitliver
COMMERCIAL.
Addison John, shipping agent
Barber John, harbour master
Brown William, blacksmith
Charlestown Lime Co. Lim. lime
manufacturers & merchants,
Charlestown lime works* David
Johnston, manager) ; T A"Lime-
WOHKS Charlestown, Fife "
Couper James, station master & collector of
harbour dues
Craine Robert Edward L.F.P. & S.Glas.
surgeon, & parochial medical officer &
public vaccinator for Charlestown &
Limekilns, Lime Bank cottage
Davidson James, school master
Dunfermline Co-operative Society Limited,
coal merchants
Forth Salt Co. salt manufacturers
Fraser Alexander, grocer
Johnston David, manager Charles to wnLime
Co. Limited
Lawson John, cement merchant
Lumsden Andw. miller, Midmill of Pitliver
McEwan George, vice-consul for Denmark,
â–  Sweden & Norway, consular agent for
the Netherlands & Germany & shipping
agent
Mncgregor John, Elgin inn
Moodie John, jun. ship chandler & post-
master
Morton Andrew & Sons, iron
founders & engineers, Charles-
town foundry, near Dunfermline;
T A ''Morton, Charlestown, Fife"
Morton Jn. P. estate agt. Elgin Estate off
Scottish Salt Co. Limited, salt manufactur-
ers; & at Portobello
TJrquhart James, custom house officer
LOCHGELLY.
661
LOCHGrELLY is a town, ecclesias-
tical parish formed from Auchterderran
and Ballingry, and police burgh partly in
the parish of Auchterderran with a small
portion in the parish of Ballingry, and
has a station on the Thornton and Dun-
fermline section of the North British rail-
way, 7 miles west from Kirkcaldy, 8 north-
east from Dunfermline, and 6 north from
Burntisland. The works and offices of the
Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Limited are
here, and at the works are four furnaces
for smelting, but they have not been in
use for several years. A branch of the
Union Bank of Scotland Limited is estab-
lished here. The inhabitants are chiefly
employed in coal mining. The ruins of
Lochore Castle are about a mile distant.
The area of the burgh is 278 acres; gross
valuation £12,145 ; the population in 1891
was 4,133 and in 1901, 5,472 burgh ; ecclesi-
astical parish, 8,496.
Post, T., M. O., T. M. O., E. D. & P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. 0. ; Robert Hutton,
postmaster. (Railway Sub-Office. Letters
should have R.S.O. Fifeshire added to
them.) Deliveries, 7.35 £um. & 6.40
p.m.; dispatches, 6.40 & 7.45 a.m. & 1.5,
3.40 & 5.40 p.m
POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
Court House, 1 Burgh buildings.
Chief Magistrate, Alexander Reid
Junior Magistrates, John Laing & George
Garry
Commissioners, Nine
Clerk to Commissioners, Robert Small
Police Treasurer & Collector, Alex. Hugh
Medical Officer of Health, John Aitken
M.D., CM., D.P.H. Buckhaven
Procurator Fiscal of Police Court & Sani-
tary Inspector, George Syme
Police Station, John Brown, Munro Adam-
son & Andrew Clarke, officers
VOLUNTEERS.
Gth (FifeBhire) Volunteer Battalion Black
Watch (Royal Highlanders), L Company
(head quarters) ; P. McDuff, captain ; W.
McLaren, sergeant-instructor
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Established Church (quoad sacra), Rev.
Thomas Dewar
United Free Church, Rev. Duncan Brown
United Free, Rev. James Brown
Roman Catholic, Rev. Richard Hoggan
SCHOOL BOARD.
Chairman, Alexander Reid
Clerk, Robert Small
School, for 1,515 children; average attend-
ance, 1,385; Peter M'Duff, master; Miss
Helen Steedman, infants' mistress
Roman Catholic School, Miss E. O'Connell,
mistress
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY.
On the Dunfermline & Thornton branch of
the North British line.
Station, Hugh Philp, station master
A 'bus leaves Lochgelly for Dunfermline
twice a day & three times on Saturday
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Brown Rev. Duncan, United Free Church
manse
Brown Rev. James (United Free)
Dewar Rev.Thomas (Established),TheManse
Dickson David Elliott M.B
Glennie Donald
Hoggan Rev. Richard (Roman Catholic),
Grainger street
Malcolm Andrew
Minto Earl of G.C.M.G., V.D., D.L., J.P.
Melgund cottage; & Guards' club, Lon-
don S W
WallworWames, Cross Hill cottage
COMMERCIAL.
Early closing day, Wednesday.
Adam Andrew, slater & plasterer
Adam John, mason & builder
Anderson Henry N. grocer & spirit dealer
Bain Robert, spirit dealer
Bethune William, grocer & general dealer
& insurance agent to the Caledonian
Beveridge Robert, tailor & clothier
Binning William & Sons, plumbers & gas-
fitters; & at Cowdenbeath
Black Alexander, baker, 22 Bank street
Boswell John, boot & shoe dlr. 77 Main st
Brunton David, grocer & general dealer
Buchan David, baker
Carson Joseph, refreshment rooms
Crombie George, joiner
Danksin John, veterinary srgn.Landell st
Dickson Annie (Mrs.), spirit dealer
Dickson David Elliott M.B., CM. surgeon