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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 861 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BURNTISLAND , a royal, municipal an.I See also:

police See also:burgh of See also:Fife, See also:Scotland, on the See also:shore of the See also:Firth of Forth, 54 m. S.W. of See also:Kirkcaldy by the See also:North See also:British railway. Pop. (1891) 4993; (19o1) 4846. It is protected from the north See also:wind by the Binn (632 ft.), and in consequence of its excellent situation, its links and sandy See also:beach, it enjoys considerable repute as a summer resort. The See also:chief See also:industries are distilling, See also:fisheries, See also:ship-See also:building and See also:shipping, especially the export of See also:coal and See also:iron. Until the opening of the Forth See also:bridge, its commodious See also:harbour was the See also:northern station of the See also:ferry across the firth from Granton, 5 M. See also:south. The See also:parish See also:church, dating from 1594, is a See also:plain structure, with a squat See also:tower rising in two tiers from the centre of the roof. The public buildings include two hospitals, a See also:town-See also:hall, See also:music hall, library and See also:reading See also:room and See also:science See also:institute. On the rocks forming the western end of the harbour stands Rossend See also:Castle, where the amorous See also:French poet See also:Chastelard repeated the insult to See also:Queen See also:Mary which led to his See also:execution. In 1667 it was ineffectually bombarded by the Dutch. The burgh was originally called Parva See also:Kinghorn and later Wester Kinghorn.

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present name of the town have always been a See also:matter of conjecture. There seems See also:reason to believe that it refers to the See also:time when the site, or a portion of it, formed an See also:island, as See also:sea-See also:sand is the subsoil even of the See also:oldest quarters. Another derivation is from Gaelic words meaning " the island beyond the See also:bend." With See also:Dysart, Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy, it unites in returning one member to See also:parliament.

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