LEVEN
, a police burgh of Fifeshire, Scotland
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Pop
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(1901) 5577
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It is situated on the Firth of Forth, at the mouth of the Leven, 54m
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E. by N. of Thornton Junction by the North British railway
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The public buildings include the town See also: - HALL
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- 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, 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)
, public hall and people's institute, in the grounds of which the old town cross has been erected
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The industries are numerous, comprising flax- spinning, brewing, linen- weaving, paper-making, seed-crushing and rope-making, besides salt- works, a foundry, saw- See also: - MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
and brick-works
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The wet dock is not much used, owing to the constant accumulation of sand
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The golf-links extending for 2 M. to Lundin are among the best in Scotland
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Two miles N.E. is Lundin Mill and Drumochie, usually called LuNnIN (pop
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570), at the mouth of Kiel Burn, with a station on the Links
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The three famous standing stones are supposed to be either of " Druidical " origin or to mark the site of a battle with the Danes
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In the vicinity are the remains of an old house of the Lundins, dating from the reign of David II
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To the N.W. of Leven lies the parish of KENNOWAY (pop
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870)
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In Captain Seton's house, which still stands in the village of Kennoway, Archbishop Sharp spent the night before his assassination (1679)
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One mile east of Lundin lies LARGO (pop. of parish 2046), consisting of Upper Largo, or Kirkton of Largo, and Lower Largo
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The public buildings include Simpson institute, with a public hall, library, reading- room, bowling- green and lawn- tennis court, and John Wood's hospital, founded in 1659 for poor persons bearing his name
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A statue of Alexander Selkirk, or Selcraig (1676-1721), the prototype of " See also: - ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
- ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
- ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
- ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
- ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
- ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
- ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)
Crusoe," who was born here, was erected in 1886
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Sir John Leslie (1766-1832), the natural philosopher, was also a native
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Largo claims two famous sailors, Admiral Sir See also: - PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
(1763-1845), commander-in- chief at Portsmouth from 1836 to 1839, and Sir Andrew Wood (d
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1515), the trusted servant 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)
III. and James IV., who sailed the " Great Michael," the largest ship of its 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
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When he was past active service he had a canal cut from his house to the 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)
, to which he was rowed every Sunday in an eight-oared barge
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Largo House was granted to him by James III., and the tower of the original structure still exists
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About r 2 m. from the coast rises the height of Largo Law (948 ft.)
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Kellie Law lies some 5z M. to the east
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