Old Photograph Kirkgate Burntisland Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Kirkgate street in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Bell Burntisland Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the bell in the Burgh Chambers in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. The Burgh Chambers was built in 1845-46, with a 1905 extension. It replaced the Tolbooth which stood at the foot of the High Street from 1616 until 1843. At the foot of the stairs of the Burgh Chambers is a large bell bought from Berwick upon Tweed in 1619.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Coat Of Arms Burntisland Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the town coat of arms in the Burgh Chambers in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. The arms were granted on April 6, 1938. Burntisland town and harbour belonged from ancient times to Dunferm­line Abbey. It was created a Royal Burgh by King James V in 1541. The arms repeat the device on the Burgh seal, a device said to have been used by Burntisland for centuries. The ship refers to the town's long history as a seaport and its connection in more modern times with shipbuilding. The red and gold colours of Fife are used; they are also the colours of Wemyss, a family which once owned all the lands in the neighbourhood.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Lion Carving Burntisland Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of a Lion carving in the Burgh Chamber in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. Before 1880 the few Catholics in the town met in a variety of locations, such as a former sail loft, in the 1870s. However, numbers began to increase in the 1880s, mainly as a result of the influx of workers associated with the shale oil works at Binnend, which meant that larger premises were required and in 1882 the area priest applied to the Town Council to use the Burgh Chambers in the High Street for the saying of Mass. This proposal was approved, as the Scottish Coast Mission already held religious services here.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Pulpit Parish Church Burntisland Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the pulpit and sailing ship in the Parish Church in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. The timber pulpit in the central bay was installed in 1922. The church organ was gifted to the church in 1908 by Andrew Carnegie. Burntisland developed as a fishing and seaport, being second only to Leith in the Firth of Forth, and shipbuilding became an important industry in the town. In 1633 one of the barges, the Blessing of Burntisland, carrying Charles I and his entourage's baggage from Burntisland to Leith sank with the loss of Charles' treasure. In 1601, King James VI chose the town as an alternative site for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. This was when a new translation of the Bible was first discussed, a project which James brought to fruition a decade later in the King James Bible.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Weather Vane Parish Church Burntisland Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the weather vane on the Parish Church in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. The central tower and Vane at the top of a hill would have been highly visible, serving as both a landmark and a navigational beacon for fishing boats and Merchant ships.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Ladies And Servants Pew Parish Church Burntisland Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of a Ladies and servants pew in the Parish Church in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. The Ladies sat to the left in this pew, and the servants to the right. The servants would turn over the pages of the Bible as required.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Shepherd Pew Parish Church Burntisland Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of a Shepherd's pew in the Parish Church in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. This pew was larger than usual so that each shepherd could bring along his sheepdog to church services.

Burntisland is twinned with Flekkefjord town and municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Parish Church Burntisland

Tour Scotland photograph of Burntisland Parish Church, Fife, Scotland. Built in 1592 to an unusual square plan. One of the first post Reformation churches built in Scotland, still in use. The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland met in Burntisland in May 1601 in the presence of King James VI when a new translation of the Bible was approved.


Photograph of Burntisland Parish Church, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Burntisland Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. Burntisland developed as a seaport, being second only to Leith by Edinburgh in the Firth of Forth, and shipbuilding became an important industry in the town. In 1633 one of the barges, the Blessing of Burntisland, carrying King Charles I and his entourage's baggage from Burntisland to Leith sank with the loss of Charles' treasure. In 1601, King James VI chose the town as an alternative site for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. This was when a new translation of the Bible was first discussed, a project which James brought to fruition a decade later in the King James Bible. Burntisland was held by the Jacobite army for over two months during the rising known as the Fifteen. The Jacobites first of all raided the port on 2 October 1715, capturing several hundred weapons, then occupied it on 9 October. They held it until it was recaptured by the Government on 19 December. Burntisland became an important port for the local herring fishing and coal industries, and in 1847 the Edinburgh and Northern Railway opened from Burntisland north to Lindores and Cupar.



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