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MARIUNCH (pop. 1499)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 494 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARIUNCH (pop. 1499) , a See also:police See also:burgh situated between Conland See also:Burn and the See also:Leven, 74 M. N. by E. of See also:Kirkcaldy by the See also:North See also:British railway, is a See also:place of See also:great antiquity. A See also:cell of the See also:Culdees was established hereby one of the last of the See also:Celtic bishops, the site of which may possibly be marked by the See also:ancient See also:cross of Balgonie. Markinch is also believed to have been a See also:residence of the earlier See also:kings, where See also:prior to the 11th See also:century they occasionally administered See also:justice; and in the reign of See also:William the See also:Lion (d. 1214) the warrantors of goods alleged to have been stolen were required to appear here. Its See also:industries comprise See also:bleaching, See also:flax-See also:spinning, See also:paper-making, distilling and See also:coal-See also:mining. Balgonie See also:Castle, See also:close by, the keep of which is 8o ft. high, was a residence of See also:Alexander See also:Leslie, the first See also:earl of Leven, and at See also:Balfour Castle were See also:born See also:Cardinal See also:Beaton and his See also:uncle and See also:nephew the archbishops of See also:Glasgow.

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