Old photograph of cottages on the main road through Cardenden, Fife, Scotland. A former mining town located on the south bank of the River Ore in the parish of Auchterderran, Fife. Cardenden was named in 1848 by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway for its new railway station. Areas of Cardenden include Auchterderran, Bowhill, Dundonald, the Jamphlars, New Carden and Woodend. It is reported that last duel on Scottish soil took place in a field at Cardenbarns to the south of Cardenden. On 2 August 1826, a Kirkcaldy merchant named David Landale fought a duel with George Morgan, a Kirkcaldy banker and retired Lieutenant from the 77th Regiment of Foot. Morgan was killed by wounds received from a pistol ball. Landale was tried and subsequently cleared of his murder at the Sheriff Court in Perth, Perthshire. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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