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See also:KIRKCALDY (locally pronounced Kerkawdi) , a royal, municipal and See also:police See also:burgh and seaport of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901), 34,099. It lies on the See also:Firth of Forth, 26 m. N. of See also:Edinburgh by the See also:North See also:British railway, via the Forth See also:Bridge. Although See also:Columba is said to have planted a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church here, the authoritative See also:history of the See also:town does not begin for several centuries after the era of the See also:saint. In 1240 the church was bestowed by See also:David, See also:bishop of'St See also:Andrews, on See also:Dunfermline See also:Abbey, and in 1334 the town with its See also:harbour was granted by David II. to the same abbey, by which it was conveyed to the bailies and See also:council in 1450, when Kirkcaldy was created a royal burgh. In the course of another See also:century it had become an important commercial centre, the See also:salt See also:trade of the See also:district being then the largest in Scotland. In 1644, when See also:Charles I. raised it to a See also:free See also:port, it owned a See also:hundred vessels, and six years later it was assessed as the See also:sixth town in the See also:kingdom. After the See also:Union its See also:shipping See also:fell off, Jacobite troubles and the See also:American See also:War of See also:Independence accelerating the decline. But its See also:linen manufactures, begun See also:early in the 18th century, gradually restored prosperity; and when other See also:industries had taken See also:root its fortunes advanced by leaps and See also:bounds, and there is now no more flourishing community in Scotland. The See also:chief topographical feature of the burgh is its length, from which it is called the " See also:lang toun." Formerly it consisted of little besides High See also:Street, with closes and wynds branching off from it; but now that it has absorbed Invertiel, Linktown and Abbotshall on the See also:west, and Pathhead,
Sinclairtown and Gallatown on the See also:east, it has reached a length of nearly 4 M. Its public buildings include the See also:parish church, in the See also:Gothic See also:style, St Brycedale See also:United Free church, with a See also:spire 200 ft. high, a town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, See also:corn See also:exchange, public See also:libraries, See also:assembly rooms, See also:fever See also:hospital, See also:sheriff See also:court buildings, See also:people's See also:club and See also:institute, high school (1894)—on the site of the See also:ancient burgh school (1582)—the Beveridge hall and free library, and the See also:Adam See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith memorial hall. To the west lies Beveridge See also:Park of fro acres, including a large See also:sheet of See also:water, which was presented to the town in 1892. The harbour has an inner and See also:outer See also:division, with wet See also:dock and wharves. Plans for its See also:extension were approved in 1903. They include the extension of the east See also:pier, the construction of a See also:south pier 800 ft. in length, and of a tidal harbour 5 acres in See also:area and a dock of 4 acres. Besides the manufacture of sheeting, towelling, See also:ticks, See also:dowlas and See also:sail-See also:cloth, the See also:principal industries include See also:flax-See also:spinning, See also:net-making, See also:bleaching, See also:dyeing, tanning, See also:brewing, See also:brass and See also:iron See also:founding, and there are See also:potteries, See also:flour-See also:mills, See also:engineering See also:works, See also:fisheries, and factories for the making of oil-cloth and linoleum. In 1847 See also:Michael See also:Nairn conceived the notion of utilizing the fibre of See also:cork and oil-paint in such a way as to produce a See also:floor-covering more lasting than See also:carpet and yet capable of taking a See also:pattern. The result of his experiments was oil-cloth, in the manufacture of which 'Kirkcaldy has kept the predominance to which Nairn's enterprise entitled it. Indeed, this and the kindred linoleum business (also due to Nairn, who in 1877 built the first linoleum factory in Scotland) were for many years the See also:monopoly of Kirkcaldy. There is a large See also:direct export trade with the United States. Among well-known natives of the town were Adam Smith, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Balnaves of Halhill, the Scottish reformer and See also:lord of session in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Queen See also:Mary; See also:George See also:Gillespie, the theologian and a leading member of the See also:Westminster Assembly, and his younger See also:brother See also:Patrick (1617-1675), a friend of See also:Cromwell and principal of See also:Glasgow University; See also:John See also:Ritchie (1778-1870), one of the founders of the Scotsman; See also:General See also:Sir John See also:Oswald (1771-1840), who had a command at See also:San See also:Sebastian and See also:Vittoria: Sir Michael See also:Scott of Balwearie See also:castle, about 11 m. W. of the town, was sent with Sir David See also:Wemyss to bring the Maid of See also:Norway to Scotland in 1290; Sir See also:Walter Scott was therefore in See also:error in adopting the tradition that identified him with the wizard of the same name, who died in 1234. See also:Carlyle and See also:Edward See also:Irving were teachers in the town, where Irving spent seven years, and where he made the acquaintance of the See also:lady he afterwards married. Kirkcaldy combines with See also:Dysart, See also:Kinghorn and See also:Burntisland to return one member to See also:parliament.
End of Article: KIRKCALDY (locally pronounced Kerkawdi)
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