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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 272 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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village and watering-See also:place of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland, on the See also:shore of the See also:Firth of Forth. Pop. 687. It is ro m. due S. of St See also:Andrews, but 20 M. distant by the See also:North See also:British railway, which makes a See also:great See also:bend by following the See also:coast. Though it retains some old houses, and the See also:parish See also:church See also:dates from 1639, Elie is, as a whole, quite See also:modern and is one of the most popular resorts in the See also:county on See also:account of its See also:fine See also:golf links and excellent bathing. The royal See also:burgh of Earlsferry (pop. 317) is situated in the parish of Elie, which it adjoins on the See also:west. Its See also:charter, granted by See also:Malcolm Canmore, having been burned, it was renewed by See also:James VI. The See also:chief structure is the See also:town See also:hall, which is modern but has an See also:ancient See also:steeple. The place derived its name from its use by the earls of See also:Fife as a See also:ferry to the opposite shore of See also:Haddington, 8 m. distant. See also:Macduff's See also:cave near Kincraig Point is believed traditionally to have been that in which the thane took See also:refuge from See also:Macbeth. Two and a See also:half See also:miles north is Balcarres See also:House, belonging to the See also:earl of See also:Crawford, where See also:Lady See also:Anne See also:Barnard (1750-1825) was See also:born.

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