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INVERKEITHING
, a royal and See also:police See also:burgh of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland
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Pop
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(1901) 1676
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It is situated on an inner See also:bay of the See also:shore of the See also:Firth of Forth, 31 M
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S.E. of See also:Dunfermline and 134 M
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N.W. of See also:Edinburgh by the See also:North See also:British railway, via the Forth See also:Bridge
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The See also:chief See also:industries are tanning, See also:shipbuilding, milling, See also:paper-making, rope-making and See also:brick-making
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With See also:Stirling, Dunfermline, See also:Culross and See also:Queensferry, Inverkeithing returns one member to See also:parliament (the Stirling See also:district burghs)
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It received its See also:charter from See also:David I
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St See also:Peter's, the See also:parish See also: A mile and a half to the See also:south lies NORTH QUEENSFERRY (pop . 594), the first railway station on the north See also:side of the Forth Bridge . A little to the See also:west lies the bay of ST See also:MARGARET'S See also:HOPE, which in 1903 was acquired by the See also:government as the site for the See also:naval See also:base of Rosyth, so named from the neighbouring ruined See also:castle of RosyTH, once the See also:residence of See also:Queen Margaret, wife of See also:Malcolm Canmore . On the west side of the Forth Bridge, in the fairway, lies the rocky islet of BIMAR with a lighthouse, and immediately to the See also:east is the See also:island of INCEGARVIE (Gaelic, " the rough island "), which once contained a castle used as a See also:State See also:prison, the ruins of which were removed to make way for one of the piers of the Forth Bridge . |
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