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662 LOCHGELLY.
Dodda Peter, confectioner, 64 Main street
Duncan Archibald, general draper
Eastmans Limited, butchers
Erskine Alice (MrB.),grcr.Auchterderran rd
Finzies James, veterinary surgeon, Elm cott
Gammie William, boot & shoe maker
Gibb Duncan, music seller, 41 Bank street
Gillespie George, draper
Gillies Janet (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 91 Auch-
terderran road
Glennie Donald, agent to the Union Bank,
the Phcenix (Fire), Scottish Accident &,
Scottish Widows' Fund
Gray Donaldson, dairyman
Greenhill James, bookseller & printer
Guthrie Margt. (Mrs.), grocer & general dlr
Haggartj Matthew, blacksmith
Harvey Edward, spirit dealer
Haxton Eobert, refreshment rooms
Henderson David, grocer, Auchterderran rd
Henderson Robert, spirit- dealer
Holman William, fruiterer, Bank street
Hugh Alexander., grocer & general dealer
Hugh Eobert, spirit dealer
Hugh Thomas, spirit dealer
Hutton Robert, postmaster
Irvine Alexander, agent for North British
& Mercantile
Laing John, hair dresser & tobacconist
Lawson Samuel, outfitter
Leadbetter David, chemist, 79 Main street
Lochgelly Co-operative Society Limited
(John Mitche-L, manager)
Lochgelly Gas Co. Liffi. (Robt. Small, sec)
Xochgelly Iron & Coal Co. Limited (John
Connel J.P. managing dir.); shipping
ports, Burntisland, Tayport & Charles-
town; T A " Lochgelly, Fife "
Low William & Co. grocers & general
dealers, Main street; & at Cowdenbeath
McArthur Donald, butcher
McConnell Thomas, painter, 4 Church st
McKenzie John R. agent to the Scottish
Sickness & Accident Society
McLaren Sergt. W. drill instructor L Co.
6th (Fifeshire) Vol. Batt. Black Watch
(Royal Highlanders)
McNeil William, jeweller, 35 Bank street
M'Quillen John, bookkeeper, Lomond view
Mark George, jeweller & watch maker, 94
Main street
Marshall Elizabeth (Miss), shopkeeper
"Itlelville Saml.plumber,gasfitter & tinsmith
Mitchell James, cycle dealer, 86 Main st
Music Hall (Alexander Reid, proprietor)
Pateraon George, spirit dealer
Paton David, Queen's Arms hotel
Penman David, chemist, 82 Main street
Penman Henry, spirit dealer
Philp Robert & Son, saddlers & ironmngrs.
Main street
Rekiee Jobson, gror-er, Main street
Shand Annie (Miss), confectioner
Small Robert, inspector of poor & collector
of rates, registrar of births, deaths &
marriages, clerk & treasurer to the school
board, clerk to the police commissioners
& sec. to the Lochgelly Gas Co. Lim. &
clerk to Kinglassie parish council &
school board
Spedie Andrew, hair dresser
Steedman William, mason & builder
Stewart & Mitchell, grocers, 37 Bank street
Strachan Alexander, boot & shoe maker
Suttie Robert, tailor & clothier
Taylor G-eorge A. painter & paperhanger
Thomson James, spirit dealer
Union Bank of Scotland Limited (branch)
(Donald Glennie, agent ; John R. Mac-
kenzie, accountant) ; draw on London
office, 62 Cornhill E C &, Bank of Eng-
land E C, London
Walker Antony, Minto hotel
Wallwork James, physician & surgeon,
Cross Hill cottage
Westwater John, bookseller & printer
Whyte Thomas, blacksmith
Wilkie Christina (Mrs.), boot & shoe maker
Wilridge Peter, spirit dealer, 43 Bank st
Wilson Joseph & Son, joiners
Young George, draper & milliner, 10 Bank st
LOG-IE is a parish in the small debt court
district of Cupar, its kirktown, 5 miles
south of Newport and 7£ west by north of
St. Andrews ; the parish extends- 4£ miles
from north to south by H in breadth, and
is bounded north by Forgan, east by Len-
chars, south by Dairsie, and west by Kil-
many. The nearest railway station is St.
Port, on the Thornton, Ladybank and
Dundee section of \he North British rail-
way. The Misses Rachel and Elizabeth
Millar-Bowman are the principal land-
owners. The area comprises 3,603 acres;
rateable value, £4,145; the population in
1891 was 360, and in 1901, 285. Letters
should be addressed " Cupar, Fife," which
is the nearest post, money order office &
savings bank. KEUmany is the nearest tele-
graph office.
FIFESHIRE.
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PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, David Reid, Cruvie
Clerk, David M. Hollo, Cupar
Inspector of Poor & Collector of Rates,
David. Imrie, Logie
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
David Imrie, Logie
Sessions & Heritors' Clerk, David M.
Rollo, Cupar
Established Church, Logie, Rev. Duncan
Cameron B.D
United Free Church, Logie, Rev. George
R. Sommerville
School Board, Logie, David M. Rollo,
clerk, Cupar
Board School, David Imrie, master
Cameron Rev. Duncan B.D. (Estab)
Robertson Miss, Denbrae
Sommerville Rev. George R. (United Free
Church)
COMMERCIAL.
Irnrie David, inspector of poor, collector &
registrar of births, deaths & marriages,
School house
Rodger William, contractor
Rollo David M. clerk to Parish Council &
School Board & heritors' clerk, Easter
Forret
FARMERS IN LOGIE PARISH.
Bowman George M. Logie
Gars-well John H. North & South Straiten
Fenwick Alex. Kedlock
Jack Peter, Logie
Kirk David, Forret mill
Martin John, Torr Forret
Mcintosh James, Torr Kedlock
Reid David, Wester Cruvie
Robertson James (trustees of late), Denbrae
Rollo David M. Easter Forret
Hollo William, Wester Forret
LOWER LARGO, see Lakgo.
LTJNDIN MILL, see Largo.
LUTHRIE, see Creich.
MARKINCH is a parish extending a
miles from north to south by 2 to 3 in
breadth, in the poor combination of Kirk-
caldy and Dysart and small debt court
district of Kirkcaldy, and bounded north
by Kettle, east by Kennoway, south by
Dysart and Wemyss, and west by King-
lassie and Leslie. Its kirktown, which has
a station on the main line of the North
British railway, lies 10 miles south-west
from Cupar, 8 north from Kirkcaldy and 6
west of Leven, and is a police burgh and
is governed by a provost, 2 bailies and 6
commissioners. It occupies an open situa-
tion on a piece of irregular rising ground,
and on the highest part is seated the
church. There are extensive paper mills,
bleachfields and a woollen manufactory.
The districts round abound in coal. In the
pillage there are branches of the Commer-
cial Bank of Scotland Limited, and of the
Royal Bank of Scotland. There is a town
hall. The Municipal Buildings, erected
in 1899, were the gift of Edward Balfour
esq. of Balbirnie. The places of worship
include a church of the Establishment and
United Free churches. The parish is
traversed by the streams of the Leven and
the Orr, and the great road through the
country crosses it. The North British
railway is carried over the first-named
river by means of a viaduct of ten arches,
nearly 90 feet in height. Balgonie Castle,
the property of Charles Barrington Bal-
four esq. of Newton Don, but now a ruin,
is of great antiquity ; it stands on the
south bank of the Leven, in the midst of
some finely-wooded grounds. About half
a mile to the east is Balfour House, the
property of Charles Barrington Balfour
esq. and now (1903) occupied by George
J. Lumsden esq. Balbirnie, an elegant
mansion, is the 6eat of Edward Balfour
esq. D.L., J.P. and lies about half a mile
north-west of the village. Edward Balfour
esq. of Balbirnie, and Charles Barrington
Balfour esq. of Balgonie and Newton Don,
are the principal landowners. The area of
the parish comprises 9,694 acres ; the popu-
lation in 1891 was 6,377, and in 1901,
6,803, including 6 officials and 118 in-
mates in Dysart Combination Poorhouse;
the population of the police burgh in
1901 was 1,499, and the rateable value of
Markinch, with Windvgates, landward,
£37,610; bnrghal £6,320. Population of
the ecclesiastical parish in 1901, 3,580.
Area of burgh, 120 acres.
Windygates, now the head of a post dis-
trict, in this parish, stands on the high
road between Markinch and Leven, about
2 miles west from the latter. Contiguous
to the village is the extensive distillery of
the Distillers' Company, Limited. Close
to Windygates is Cameron Bridge, a station
on the Leven and East of Fife railway.
Population in 1901, 636.
Woodside, in the parish of Markinch, is
a small village about one mile and a half
south-west from Markinch, its post town,
and 2 from Thornton. The inhabitants
are chiefly employed at the paper mills and
bleachfields in the nei ghbourhood. Popu-
lation in 1901, 232. The nearest railway
station is Markinch.
Miltown, or Milton of Balgonie, is a vil-
lage about midway between Windygates
and Markinch, in the parish of Markinch,
and quoad sacra parish. The nearest rail-
way station is Markinch, a mile and a half
distant. There is an Established church
here. Population in 1891, 406.
Coaltown, or Coalton of Balgonie, lies
one mile and a half south from Markinch,
its post town and parish. The inhabitants
are principally employed at the Balgonie
colliery and bleachfields in the immediate
neighbourhood. Population in 1901, 683.
The nearest railway station is Markinch.
Thornton is a village in the civil pariah
of Markinch, and quoad sacre parish
formed from Markinch, Dysart and King-
lassie civil parishes ; it is near the south-
eastern extremity of the parish, and close
to the Thornton junction on the Edin-
burgh, Perth and Dundee section of the
North British and the Leven and East of
Fife railways, which have a joint station
here. The Kirkcaldy and Dysart Combi-
nation Poorhouse, erected in 1862, at a
cost of about £6,000, is about half a mile
from this village, and is capable of receiv-
ing loo. There is a chapel of the Estab-
lished church and a United Free Church
hall. Population in 1 901 , village, 1, 147 ,
ecclesiastical parish, 1,863.
Baicurvie is situated on an eminence
about half a mile from Windygates, its
post town, in the parish of Markinch, about
3 miles east from the latter place, one mile
south from Kennoway, and half a mile from
Cameron Bridge, a station on the Leven
and East of Fife railway. Population in
1901, 277.
Auchmuty and Balbirnie Mills form a
village in Markinch parish; population in
1901, 335.
Post, T., M. O., T. M. O., E. D., & P. P.,
'S. B. & A. & I. O. Markinch ;; Thomas
Gibson, postmaster. Deliveries, 8.10 &
11.30 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.; dispatches, 7
a.m. & 1.55, 4.45 & 7.20 p.m
Post Office, Coalton of Balgonie; Mrs. Ann
Beveridge, sub-postmistress. Letters
through Markinch. Postal orders are is-
sued & paid here. Markinch, 2 miles
distant, is the nearest money order &
telegraph office
Post, T. & E. D. O. Milton of Balgonie;
James Steele, sub-postmaster. Letters
through Markinch. Postal orders are
issued & paid here. Markinch is the
nearest money order office
Post Office, Star; Andrew Aitken, sub-
postmaster. Letters through Markinch,
which ie the nearest money order & tele-
graph office, 2 miles distant
Post, T. & M. O. O. & S. B. Windygates;
Miss Marv Smith, postmistress. (Rail-
way Sub-Office. Letters should have
R.S.O. Fifeshire added to them.) Deli-
veries, 8.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; dis-
patches, 6.40 a.m. 12 noon & 3.45 & 5.30
p.m
Post, T., M. O., T. M. 0., E. D., & P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. 0. Thornton; Mrs. Jane
Gray, postmistress. (Railway Sub-Office.
Letters should have R. S. 0. Fifeshire
added to them.) Deliveries, 8.15 a.m. &
6.10 p.m.; dispatches, 6.45 a.m., 12.30
& 4.45 p.m
POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
Town Hall.
Chief Magistrate, John D. Dixon
Bailies, John Thompson & James Ewing
Commissioners, Six
Burgh Treasurer, John Baldie
Town Clerk, William Shepherd
Collector, John Baldie
Town Officer, William Davidson
Sanitary Inspector, John Mackenzie
KIRKCALDY & DYSART COMBINA-
TION POORHOUSE,
Thornton.
Governor. Robert Cran
Matron. Mrs. E!i7abeth Campbell
Chapla'n, Rev. Duncan M'Farlane Wilson