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CAMTMKUrliANNERMAN, Wild HAS KKI'UI'.KKNTKn I'll 1". ST1Ul.lNT. 1 1ISTU K:T (11' IllllvdllS (WHICH INCI.UDK TIII>: ANCIENT LLLLLSCII !)!•' INVI'.KKI'.l'ni INC) IN I'AUI.IAMKNT R)k 'I'llI'1. PAST 'I'lIIk'rVdNh: VI'.AKS, TINS UTTI.K WDUK IS I >KI )l( : All' I >. INVERKEITHSNG NORTH QUEENSFERRY LIMEKILNS THE FERRY HILLS Zhc\x antiquities & '(Recreative IResources. HISTORY OP DUNFERMLINE GOLF CLUB AND FLAN OF COURSE. EDITED BY AND. S. CUNNINGHAM. ©unfeniUine : W. CLARK & SON, /O(:A'\' .l/. OVPICK. ]K ii KKRRIIiNi; : Miss PiiiNin.K i\r.<l .Miss CAMniF.i.i,. XoR'i'ii (>>ri'".i'..NsnsiiKV : A. MUTTON. ' TIAUI KSTOWN : Mrs UKIH. Ll.MKKILNS : .Miss STKIU.ii PREFACE. H KN lecturing on " 1 nvrrkeithin^, in the Olden Time" in the Ancient liurjji in the mouth of January lasl, a seel ion of the audience seemed to be anxious to hear more aboul old institution!; and the things that were. I I hen came under a promise to issue some notes on Inverkeithing and district, in such a form that the people would he able to sit at their firesides, with their feet on the hob and a. cushion at their backs, and read them. This little, work is an attempt to redeem that promise. I have to acknowledge my inilebledness lo the late 1 Pr I ',. Henderson and oilier authors quoted- 1 have also In thank Mr Henry llevendi.'y, ol 1'il reavie ; Mr R. A. Mair, Kilmhui'i.'Ji ; Mr \\. (lillord, joppa; the Rev. A, S, Wilson, Norlh Oueensl'erry ; and Mr |. I ). Reid for special conlribiilions. I am also under a deep debt ol }!,ralitude lo Mr |. R. Men/.ies, the town-clerk of Inverkeilhinj;, lor liavui!.; aHorded me every oppor- tunity of consull inji, the Town ('oinieil Reeonls, and lo the following for the photographs hum which llie illus- Irations are puxluced, ('uunc.illur A. S. Wall, Invev- kcilhui!1,; Mr llarley Marshall, Mr James Norval, Mr I), ('imnnin;1, Simpson, and Mr Maclue, I )iuilei'iiiliiie ; and Mr Youni',, Uurnlisland. AND. S. CUNNINCI1A1YI. 1 Ml N I'K . KMUM', | HIM' I Sl|i|. CONTENTS. I NVKKICKITIMNC-- L'ACJK The Oriejinnl Charier .... 7 The Oldest Kxtnnl Charier -....,S The Dale of Kiiuj William's Charter 9 Changes in (he Hnreji and Tarish ... 10 Inverkeilhini; in Ihe Aticienl of Days ' 3 Onceii Annalvlh and her I'alace - - - - 16 Oilier Ini'idenls alleclini; Royally 19 .. ,y Invei keilhhu1, I 'onvenls - .. 20 The ('hineh of SI. I'eler ... 21 A I'oiccd Imliii'lion and ils Results a. I liefore and Aflei1 Ihe Disputed Settlement - - 7,7 Ihe Secession (linieh and i(s Minish'is Kheiuv.er Ihou-n and iiiliers - - |u The Tan Works - - ,|2 The Town Mouse and Ihe Markel (Yoss - ,|2 Auliijuilies in Ihe Town I louse ..... ^ k!d lies 11011a I I'.uili hujes and School Teachers • • ;] ^ Ihe Toils of Pays ( lone Hy • - ,|i. I livrl kel! lliu.,._ llatlioUC --.... ^y I '. 1 1hanienl a 1 y Kr| irescnlal ion ,| S A Sehi».lliou,e Tv;i|;eily i'l 1707 - - - ,|i) The " Sell " of Ihe laii|di • go Kandilc; Round Ihe (liilskii ... ls l'.\ii.;ll I air in the I Ililen lime . (,o Ihe Old 1 Innrhyaid .... 77 The <'nucleiy — A Sad Ineidenl of iSd.| • • 7') The Kiveiliuii oi Hie l!lin;ll • - ... So The rrovoslshiji of Ilie llllljdi ..... ,S] /\ I'ai liauit nlaiy l'!lecliou Incident of r/<)/> - - S:; HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS NEAR THE BURGH OF INVERKEITHING— Duloch and Cruicks - - - - - - -75 Rosyth Castle - 89 The Estate of Middlebank ...... 91 The Estate of Fordell 92 St. Davids ......... g^ The Grounds of Donibristle - • - - • 95 Pitreavie Castle _ . 96 The Barony of Pitveavie .... • • 98 The Village of Masterton ...... jOo The Battle of Pitveavie - 100 THE VILLAGE OF NORTH QUEENSFERRY— Old Wells 106 The Old Pier - 108 The Battery Hill Ill The Ancient Chapel----• - 114 The Carlin's Nose 11.6 Port Laing • 118 St. Margaret's Hope ....... 120 St. Margaret's - - - - . • • 121 Antiquities ...... 122 Whales and Fishing ... .-123 Inch Garvie ....---- 126 The Ferry Passage • • • • • - - 12S Queen Margaret .... 130 King Malcolm H I • • 134 THE FORTH BRIDGE--------135 PUNKERMI.INK GOI.F Cuili— History of the Club ami Description of the Course • 137 Names and Distances of the Holes - 141 Hints to Players 142 Hazards and Penalties - - • • • • 144 From the Fevryhills - - - • • • - 146 How to Make the Most of Life - - • • 153 LlMKKII.NS, PA.TTIESMUIR, AND ClI ARLESTOVVN — Limekilns 157 Pattiesmuir 17° Charlestown< 7Z Broomhalli 77 THE ANCIENT BURGH. BY AND. S. CUNNINGHAM. NVERKEITHING is one of the oldest Royal Burghs I in Scotland. The Original Charter raising the town to tin; dignity of a Burgh is not in existence, and this may account for the fact that in gazetteers and other works we are told that Inverlceithing was first created a ISiirgh hy King William the l.ion between the years 1165 and r214. The late I)r Khenezer Henderson, the author of "The Annals of IHuilennlinc," made a very careful search through old documents at one time, in the hope of discovering the original charter. He found that in a amlimiation charter of David 1. to Duiileiinline Abbey, ol date A.D. 1120, the word or name " Inuirkdthiii " occurred, not as a burgh, but simply as the name of a />/u,v. I >r Henderson therefore argued lliat as Alexander I. (temp. 1107-112.1) does nol mention Invei'kcitliing at all in his diallers, and in eonsei[iienee of David I. (temp. AD. 1 1 2.1-1 1 5^), 111 his charters, nolicing it unly as a /'hue ; il may he interred, thai 1nveikeilhing was not. a burgh, during these reigns. It is only in the latter years ol' the reign of King Malcolm IV. that Inverkeithing appears in charters as a burgh, and, therefore, it may be with safety concluded that Inverkeithing was erected into a burgh by King Malcolm £V. inter 1153-1163. The earliest authentic notice of Inverkeithing being a burgh is in a Bull of Pope Alexander III. to the Abbey of Dunfermline, dated Rome, June 7, 1163. In this Bull, the words " Burgo de Inuirkcitliin" occur, but, as this Bull confirms a grant made by King Mal- colm IV., it is evident that Inverkeithing was a burgh before the year 1163. In the year 1164 King Malcolm IV., in a charter to the Abbey of Kelso, granted to that Abbey a toft in "burgo meo de Inmr kdihin;" ever after this period Inverkeithing is noticed as a "burgo meo" or ROYAL BURGH. The Oldest Extant Charter or writ, belonging to Inverkeithing is one from King William the Lion (temp. A.n. 1165-1214) This charter is written on a slip of coarse parchment, and rilthotiiji it is now close upon 700 years old, the writing is as clear and distinct as on the day it was writu-n. llm.- is a transcript of King William the I,inn's diaru-r : — " W. Rex Seotofuns univerMs pruUs hnininibus tclius ki'ra sue Saluieni. — Sciatis me concusses^: e! liae mca earln i/onlii ma^se permanent!'!1 l.'ropositis el cctnis lUii'Lu^nsilius nuis tic [nnerket'nhi lid asinineiiliiin liurgi coininunitci icii.un illain ex Ausuali paiiu bnrtj;i quiL- appelliilLii' Croc pel recta> (livwis illins toil:!. \Hhj ilac|ue lit ])recij)io til ipsi tuimin illaiu ti'iie.int et lialieant ail commune asiamentum liuryi illips pel manenLer lilieic et (|niLhi siciit turram ail ipsum luirjiim apj'eiulenleni solwinln .^in^ulis annis i:x parte' men iliiniilLiin inaieam ar^eiui liomeni illi . juicuin.|uc Irnueiit tenani Doininii <le I niii'iketliin.— Test A<la, comiM—.t — filalheo, Archidiac— Walleru lilio Alani, D apifuio. •- Kicaulo IOII- stalialario,—Philippe de Valoniis -Seiiunt; de Kdeiiehrn^. — Apud Clucimuiua.'' The following is a TRANSLATION. William, King of Scots, to all the trusty men of the whole land, Greeting :—Know ye that I have granted, and by this my charter, have confirmed for ever, to the Provost and others, my Burgesses of Inverkeithing, for the common use and benefit of the burgh, and land called the Crocks, on tlie south side of the burgh, according to the right division thereof. I will, therefore, and ordain that they have and hold that land for the common use and benefit of the burgh for ever, freely and peaceably, as olher lands belonging to that burgh, by paying yearly, on my account, half a mark of silver to the man who holds the lands of the lordship of Inveikeithing. Witnesses — Ada, the countess ; Matthew, the archdeacon ; Walter, the son of Alan, the steward ; Richard, the constable ; Philip of Valonii ; and Seiion of Edin- burgh.—Given at Clackmannan.