See also:DUNFERMLINE (Gaelic, " the fort on the crooked linn ")
, a royal, municipal and See also:police See also:burgh of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland
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Pop
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(1891) 22,157; (1901) 25,250
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It is situated on high ground 3 M. from the See also:shore of the See also:Firth of Forth, with two stations on the See also:North See also:British railway—See also:Lower See also:Dunfermline 164 m., and Upper Dunfermline 194 M
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N.W. of See also:Edinburgh, via the Forth See also:Bridge
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The See also:town is intersected from north to See also:south by Pittencrieff Glen,
a deep, picturesque and tortuous See also:ravine, from which the town derives its name and at the bottom of which flows Lyne See also:Burn
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The See also:history of Dunfermline goes back to a remote See also:period, for the See also:early See also:Celtic monks known as See also:Culdees had an See also:establishment here; but its fame and prosperity date from the See also:marriage of See also:Malcolm Canmore and his See also:queen See also:Margaret, which was solemnized in the town in 1070
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The See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king then lived in a See also:tower on a See also:mound surrounded on three sides by the glen
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A fragment of this See also:castle still exists in Pittencrieff See also:Park, a little See also:west of the later See also:palace
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Under the See also:influence of Queen Margaret in 1075 the See also:foundations were laid of the See also:Benedictine priory, which was raised to the See also:rank of an See also:abbey by See also:David I
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See also:Robert See also:Bruce gave the town its See also:charter in 1322, though in his See also:Fife: Pictorial and See also:Historical (ii
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223), A
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H
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See also:Millar contends that till the confirming charter of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James VI
.
(1588) all burghal privileges were granted by the abbots
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In the 18th See also:century Dunfermline impressed See also:Daniel See also:Defoe as showing the " full perfection of decay," but it is now one of the most prosperous towns in Scotland
.
Its See also:staple See also:industry is the manufacture of table See also:linen
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The See also:weaving of See also:damask was introduced in 1718 by James See also:Blake, who had learned the See also:secret of the See also:process in the workshops at Drumsheugh near Edinburgh, to which he gained admittance by feigning See also:idiocy; and since that date the linen See also:trade has advanced by leaps and See also:bounds, much of the success being due to the beautiful designs produced by the manufacturers
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Among other See also:industries that have largely contributed to the welfare of the town are See also:dyeing and See also:bleaching, See also:brass and See also:iron See also:founding, tanning, See also:machine-making, See also:brewing and distilling, milling, rope-making and the making of See also:soap and candles,while the collieries in the immediate vicinity are numerous and flourishing
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The town is well supplied with public buildings
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Besides the New Abbey 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, the See also:United See also:Free church in Queen See also:Anne See also:Street founded by See also:Ralph See also:Erskine, and the See also:Gillespie church, named after See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Gillespie (1708-1774), another See also:leader of the See also:Secession See also:movement, possess some historical importance
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Erskine is commemorated by a statue in front of his church and a See also:sarcophagus over his See also:grave in the abbey See also:churchyard; Gillespie by a See also:marble tablet on the See also:wall above his resting-See also:place within the abbey
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The See also:Corporation buildings, a blend of the Scots Baronial and See also:French See also:Gothic styles, contain busts of several Scottish sovereigns a statue of Robert See also:Burns, and See also:Sir See also:Noel See also:Paton's See also:painting of the " Spirit of See also:Religion." Other structures are the See also:County buildings, the Public, St Margaret's, See also:Music and See also:Carnegie halls, the last in the Tudor See also:style, Carnegie public See also:baths, high school (founded in 156o), school of See also:science and See also:art, and two hospitals
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Several distinguished men have been associated with Dunfermline
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Robert See also:Henryson (1430-1506), the poet, was See also:long one of its schoolmasters
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See also:John See also:Row (1568-1646), the Church historian, held the living of Carnock, 3 M. to the E., and David See also:Ferguson (d
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1598) who made the first collection of Scottish See also:proverbs (not published till 1641), was See also:parish See also:minister; Robert See also:Gilfillan (1798-1850), the poet, and Sir See also:Joseph Noel Paton (1821-1901), painter and poet—whose See also:father was a designer of patterns for the damask trade—were all See also:born here
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See also:Andrew Carnegie (b
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1837), however, is in a sense the most celebrated of all her sons, as he is certainly her greatest benefactor
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He gave to his See also:birth-place the free library and public baths, and, in 1903, the See also:estate of Pittencrieff Park and Glen, See also:rich in historical associations as well as natural See also:charm, together with bonds yielding £25,000 a See also:year, in See also:trust for the See also:maintenance of the park, the support of a See also:theatre for the See also:production of plays of the highest merit, the periodical exhibitions of See also:works of art and science, the promotion of See also:horticulture among the working classes and the encouragement of technical See also:education in the See also:district
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The town is governed by a See also:provost, bailies and See also:council, and, with See also:Stirling, See also:Culross, See also:Inverkeithing and See also:Queensferry (the Stirling See also:group), combines in returning a member to See also:parliament
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Dunfermline Abbey is one of the most important remains in Scotland
.
Excepting See also:Iona it has received more of See also:Caledonia's royal dead than any other place in the See also:kingdom
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Within its precincts were buried Queen Margaret and Malcolm Canmore; their sons See also:Edgar and See also:Alexander I., with his queen; David I. and
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his two queens; Malcolm IV.; Alexander III., with his first wife and their sons David and Alexander; Robert Bruce, with his queen See also:Elizabeth and their daughter See also:Matilda; and Annabella See also:Drummond, wife of Robert III. and See also:mother of James I
.
Bruce's See also:heart rests in See also:Melrose, but his bones See also:lie in Dunfermline Abbey, where (after the See also:discovery of the See also:skeleton in 1818) they were reinterred with fitting pomp below the See also:pulpit of the New church
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In 1891 the pulpit was moved back and a monumental brass inserted in the See also:floor to indicate the royal vault
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The See also:tomb of St Margaret and Malcolm, within the ruined walls of the See also:Lady See also:chapel, was restored and enclosed by command of Queen See also:Victoria
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During the See also:winter of 1303 the See also:court of See also:Edward I. was held in the abbey, and on his departure next year most of the buildings were burned
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When the Reformers attacked the abbey church in See also:March 156o, they spared the See also:nave, which served as the parish church till the 19th century, and now forms the See also:vestibule of the New church
.
This edifice, in the Perpendicular style, opened for public See also:worship in 1821, occupies the site of the See also:ancient See also:chancel and transepts, though differing in style and proportions from the See also:original structure
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The old See also:building was a See also:fine example of See also:simple and massive See also:Norman, as the nave testifies, and has a beautiful See also:doorway in its west front
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Another rich Norman doorway was exposed in the south wall in 1903, when masons were cutting a site for the memorial to the soldiers who had fallen in the South See also:African See also:War
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A new site was found for this See also:monument in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order that the ancient and beautiful entrance might be preserved
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The See also:- VENERABLE (Lat. venerabilis, worthy of reverence, venerari, to reverence, to worship, allied to Venus, love; the Indo-Germ. root is wen-, to desire, whence Eng. " win, properly to struggle for, hence to gain)
venerable structure is maintained by the commissioners of See also:woods and forests, and private munificence has provided several stained-See also:glass windows
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Of the monastery there still remains the south wall of the See also:refectory, with a fine window
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The palace, a favourite See also:residence of many of the See also:kings, occupying a picturesque position near the ravine, was of considerable See also:size, judging from the south-west wall, which is all that is See also:left of it
.
Here James IV., James V. and James VI. spent much of their 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, and within its walls were born three of James VI.'s See also:children—See also:Charles I., Robert and Elizabeth
.
After Charles I. was crowned he paid a See also:short visit to his birthplace, but the last royal See also:tenant of the palace was Charles II., who occupied it just before the See also:battle of Pitreavie (loth of See also:July 165o), which took place 3 M. to the south-west, and here also he signed the See also:National See also:League and See also:Covenant
.
See A
.
H
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Millar's Fife: Pictorial and Historical (2 vols., 1895) and See also:Sheriff ./Eneas See also:Mackay's History of Fife and Kinross (1896f)
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