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Priory Lane, Dunfermline Bowling Club Pavilion, Including Boundary Wall 56°04′06″N 3°27′35″W / 56.068327°N 3.459811°W / 56.068327; -3.459811 ( Priory Lane, Dunfermline Bowling Club Pavilion, Including Boundary
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 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]
The glen is an area of topographical and historical significance to Dunfermline as the original site of Malcolm's Tower, the probable remains of which can be identified today on a strongly defendable outcrop of rock. To the eastern side of the park is Dunfermline Palace with Dunfermline Abbey and to the west it overlooks the village of Crossford.
The hospital was commissioned to replace the Milesmark Hospital, the Dunfermline and West Fife District Hospital and the Dunfermline Maternity Hospital. The first phase of the new hospital, which excluded maternity services, opened in 1985.
Rosyth / r ə ˈ s aɪ θ / ⓘ (Scottish Gaelic: Ros Fhìobh) [2] is a town and Garden City in Fife, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth.. Scotland's first Garden City, [3] Rosyth is part of the Greater Dunfermline Area and is located 3 miles south of Dunfermline city centre and 10 miles northwest of Edinburgh city centre.
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 ...
It was then converted to become the "Spire Inn" in 1817, and operated as a public house for three decades before becoming the home of the Dunfermline Sheriff Court as "County Buildings" in 1850. It remained the main courthouse for the area for over a century, until 1983, when court officials decided to relocate to a modern courthouse in ...