Old Photographs Of Pitlessie Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Pitlessie located four miles West of Cupar, and 23 miles north of Edinburgh.. This is the only village in the parish of Cults and largely developed during the 19th Century in association with the Priestfield Maltings. The maltings was owned by the Bonthrone family, who also owned Auchtermuchty, also known as Stratheden distillery nearby, from 1829 to 1926. Priestfield Maltings was owned later on by Scottish Malt Whisky Distillers and operated until 1968, when it closed and the company moved to more cost effective, centralised malting. There was also a nearby lime works and Its former cattle fair was the scene depicted in a famous painting by Sir David Wilkie who was born at Cults manse in November 1785 and went to school in Pitlessie.

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