Kinghorn

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kinghorn
View over Kinghorn
View over Kinghorn
Coordinates 56 ° 4 ′  N , 3 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 56 ° 4 ′  N , 3 ° 10 ′  W
Kinghorn (Scotland)
Kinghorn
Kinghorn
Residents 2826 2011 census
administration
Post town BURNTISLAND
ZIP code section KY3
prefix 01592
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Fife
British Parliament Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Scottish Parliament Kirkcaldy

Kinghorn is a town in the Scottish Council Area Fife . It is about four kilometers south of Kirkcaldy and ten kilometers north of Edinburgh on the north bank of the Firth of Forth .

history

As the site of the royal castle Kinghorn Castle , the village was installed as the Royal Burgh in 1170 . In Scottish history, Kinghorn is particularly known as the place of death of King Alexander III. who fell down the cliffs of Pettycur Bay while riding at dusk on March 12, 1286 to Kinghorn Castle . The intrigues after his death were a major catalyst for the Scottish Wars of Independence . In addition to Kinghorn Castle, Glamis Tower was also a tower house in Kinghorn, whose lords first resided as Lord Glamis and then installed as Earls of Strathmore, today's Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne . Both structures have completely disappeared today.

With industrialization, Kinghorn developed as a location for weaving mills and a shipyard. Furthermore, fishing was of little importance. Today tourism is of some importance due to the campsite .

From 1861 the population of Kinghorn rose from 1426 within 20 years to 1790. In the 1951 census survey, 2337 people lived in Kinghorn. After the number of inhabitants initially declined in the following decades, the 2011 census survey counted a total of 2826 inhabitants.

traffic

The A921 ( Inverkeithing –Kirkcaldy) runs through Kinghorn . Historically, a ferry connection across the Firth of Forth to Leith (now a district of Edinburgh) was important. With the establishment of the railway ferry between Granton and nearby Burntisland in 1848, however, it lost its importance. Along the Edinburgh and Northern Railway , established in 1845 , Kinghorn was given its own station, which is still in operation today.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ^ A b c Kinghorn in: FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
  3. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  4. ↑ 2011 census
  5. ↑ Information on the Edinburgh and Northern Railways
  6. ↑ Information about the Kinghorn train station

Web links

Commons : Kinghorn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files