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The Earl of Fife or Mormaer of Fife was the ruler of the province of Fife in medieval Scotland, which encompassed the modern counties of Fife and Kinross. Due to their royal ancestry, the earls of Fife were the highest ranking nobles in the realm, and had the right to crown the king of Scots .
In the northern part of the parish lies New Gilston, a village 3 miles north of Upper Largo, surrounded by agricultural land. It has the distinction of being the highest inhabited village in Fife. The hamlet of Woodside is a short distance to the west. [10] The population of the parish in 1755 was 1,396, [2] 1,867 in 1801 and grew to 2,500 in ...
Earl Fife was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created by letters patent dated 26 April 1759 for William Duff, 1st Baron Braco, after asserting (but not proving) ...
Alexander Duff (1849–1912) was the eldest son of the 5th Earl Fife (1814–1879). Upon his father's death on 7 August 1879, he succeeded as the 6th Earl Fife.With this, he inherited the titles Baron Braco (created in 1735), Earl Fife and Viscount Macduff (both created in 1759), all in the Peerage of Ireland (and created for Scottish nobleman William Duff, 1696–1763), and Baron Skene in the ...
Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland Statue of Alexander Selkirk in Lower Largo by Thomas Stuart Burnett Plaque for Alexander Selkirk in Lower Largo. Lower Largo or Seatown of Largo is a village in Fife, Scotland, situated on Largo Bay along the north side of the Firth of Forth. It is east of, and contiguous with, Lundin Links.
Map of places in Fife compiled from this list This list of places in Fife is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, mansion, hillfort, lighthouse, nature reserve, reservoir, river, and other places of interest in the Fife council area of Scotland. Aberdour Castle Anstruther Balgonie Castle Balmerino Abbey Culross Palace Dairsie Castle Dalgety Bay Dysart Falkland ...
Deputy Chief Kristine Larson -- who heads the Equity and Human Resources Bureau -- was addressing accusations that female firefighters aren't strong enough carry a man out of a burning building.
Fife (/ f aɪ f / FYFE, Scottish English:; Scottish Gaelic: Fìobha; Scots: Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i.e., the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire) and Clackmannanshire.