Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kirkland

Kirkland, a village in Wemyss parish, Fife, on the right bank of the Leven, 1¼ mile W of Leven town. The seat of a large flax-spinning mill, it has a public hall constructed in 1875 out of an old schoolhouse, and capable of accommodating 150 persons. Pop. (1861) 448, (1871) 355.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wemyss ScoP       Fife ScoCnty

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