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Dunfermline was awarded city status as part of Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours in 2022. Today, the city is a major service centre, with the largest employers being Sky UK, Amazon, Best Western, TechnipFMC, Lloyds and Nationwide. [9] Dunfermline sits on the Fife Pilgrim Way. The city currently has an estimated population of 58,508 ...
The Kingsgate Centre is an indoor shopping centre located in the city centre of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. [1] Marks and Spencer and the former Debenhams store anchors the main entrances to the shopping centre. [2] The Kingsgate was extended in 2008 at which time it also underwent significant refurbishment.
The surname derives from the lands of Primrose in the parish of Dunfermline, Fife. [2] The farmstead stood at the junction of Grange Road and Primrose Lane in what is now a housing estate in the town of Rosyth. The name itself may come from the Pictish words *pren, "tree", and *ros, "moor", or the first element may be *prim, "first". [3]
Dunfermline Palace is a ruined former Scottish royal palace and important tourist attraction in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It is currently, along with other buildings of the adjacent Dunfermline Abbey , under the care of Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument .
Dunfermline Abbey. The Benedictine priory was raised to the rank of an abbey in 1128 by David II, with Prior Geoffrey in place as the first abbot. [2] [3] During the course of several decades, the abbey gained power and wealth in Dunfermline with the dedication of 26 altars being gifted by the individuals and guilds and the bishop of Dunfermline controlled a large piece of land from Moray to ...
Malcolm's Tower, also known as Malcolm Canmore's Tower, is a historic site in the Scottish city of Dunfermline, Fife. It consists of the foundations of a rubble built, rectangular tower enclosed by an oval shaped modern wall and is protected as a scheduled monument. [1] It is located in Pittencrieff Park. [2]
The name was changed to Townhill due to the location of the village which is at the top of the hill leading out of Dunfermline. [3] In 1913 the street previously called Old Waggon Road was renamed Moncur Street in acknowledgement of the original name. [4] Townhill was the site of the gallows serving the Dunfermline district.