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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 475 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TAYPORT , a See also:

police See also:burgh of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 3325. It is situated on the See also:Firth of See also:Tay, here about 1 m. wide, opposite to Broughty See also:Ferry, with which there is communication by means of a ferry, 51 m. N. of Leuchars Junction by the See also:North See also:British railway. Its older alternative name of Ferry See also:Port on See also:Craig has reference both to its uses and its site. Its See also:industries include manufactures of See also:linen and jute, See also:spinning See also:mills, See also:engineering See also:works, See also:timber-yard and See also:salmon See also:fishery. In other respects it is a residential See also:quarter for See also:Dundee. A mile S.W. is the See also:estate of Scotscraig, which belonged to See also:Archbishop See also:Sharp (1613—1679), of whose See also:mansion there are still some traces. Two See also:miles and a See also:half W. by S. is the police burgh of See also:NEWPORT (pop. 2869), with stations at See also:Easter and Wester Newport, on the North British Railway See also:Company's See also:loop See also:line from Leuchars Junction to Wormit. It lies on the Firth of Tay opposite to Dundee, with which there is communication by means of a ferry, as well as by See also:rail via the Tay See also:Bridge.

Even to a greater extent than has Tayport, it has practically become a suburb of Dundee. Its small See also:

harbour was designed by See also:Telford. Two and a quarter miles S.W. of Wormit, thenearest railway station, See also:close to the See also:southern See also:terminus of the Tay Bridge, is the See also:village of See also:BALMERINO (Gaelic, " See also:Town on the seashore "). Its once considerable See also:shipping See also:trade has declined, but some fishery is still carried on. In 1227 Ermengarde, widow of See also:William the See also:Lion, and her son See also:Alexander II. founded a Cistercian See also:Abbey here, but in 1604 the Abbey estates were converted into a temporal lordship in favour of See also:James See also:Elphinstone, created See also:Lord Balmerino.

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