Old Photograph Carnegie Library Townhill Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the Carnegie Library in Townhill, a small village that lies just north of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. There has been references to a village in the area as early as 1322 when the village and nearby loch were known as Monquhir, Moncur or Moncor. The village was renamed Dunfermline Coaltown in the 18th century before the name was changed to Townhill in the early 19th century. 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. Townhill was the site of the gallows serving the Dunfermline district. In September 1709 Janet Mitchell of Saline was executed for murder. They were removed in the middle of the 18th century.



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