BURNTISLAND  , a royal, municipal an.I See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

• BURGH [BOURKE, BURKE]
• BURGH, HUBERT DE (d. 1243)

burgh of See also:

• FIFE
• FIFE (Fr. fifre; Med. Ger. Schweizerpfeiff, Feldpfeiff; Ital. ottavino)

Fife, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, on the See also:

• SHORE

shore of the See also:

• FIRTH, CHARLES HARDING (1857– )
• FIRTH, MARK (1819-1880)

Firth of Forth, 54 m . S.W. of See also:

• KIRKCALDY (locally pronounced Kerkawdi)

Kirkcaldy by the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• BRITISH

British railway . Pop . (1891) 4993; (19o1) 4846 . It is protected from the north See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind by the Binn (632 ft.), and in consequence of its excellent situation, its links and sandy See also:

• BEACH

beach, it enjoys considerable repute as a summer resort . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are distilling, See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries, See also:

• SHIP

ship-See also:

• BUILDING

building and See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping, especially the export of See also:

• COAL

coal and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron . Until the opening of the Forth See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, its commodious See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour was the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern station of the See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

ferry across the firth from Granton, 5 M. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south . The See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish 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, dating from 1594, is a See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain structure, with a squat See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower rising in two tiers from the centre of the roof . The public buildings include two hospitals, a See also:

• TOWN

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:

• MUSIC

music hall, library and See also:

• READING

reading See also:

• ROOM

room and See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute . On the rocks forming the western end of the harbour stands Rossend See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle, where the amorous See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French poet See also:

• CHASTELARD, PIERRE DE BOCSOZEL DE (1540-1563)

Chastelard repeated the insult to See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary which led to his See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution . In 1667 it was ineffectually bombarded by the Dutch . The burgh was originally called Parva See also:

• KINGHORN

Kinghorn and later Wester Kinghorn .

The origin and meaning of the See also:

• PRESENT

present name of the town have always been a See also:

• MATTER

matter of conjecture . There seems See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason to believe that it refers to 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 when the site, or a portion of it, formed an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, as See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand is the subsoil even of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest quarters . Another derivation is from Gaelic words meaning " the island beyond the See also:

• BEND

bend." With See also:

• DYSART

Dysart, Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy, it unites in returning one member to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament .