Markinch

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Markinch
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Coordinates 56 ° 12 ′  N , 3 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 56 ° 12 ′  N , 3 ° 8 ′  W
Markinch (Scotland)
Markinch
Markinch
Residents 2398 2011 census
administration
Post town GLENROTHES
ZIP code section KY7
prefix 01592
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Fife
British Parliament Glenrothes
Scottish Parliament Mid Fife and Glenrothes

Markinch is a town in the Scottish Council Area Fife . It is about nine kilometers north of Kirkcaldy and borders on Glenrothes to the west . The Leven runs a short distance south . A local legend has it that the hill on which Markinch is situated was once a lake island.

history

According to tradition, it is an early Christian location in what is now Scotland. Drostan , a pupil or relative of Columban , is said to have built a chapel there in the 6th century. The earliest written evidence is an entry in the Register of St Andrews Priory , made between 1034 and 1055 under Malduin , Bishop of St Andrews . The steeple of St Drostan's Parish Church , which is still preserved today, was built around the year 1200.

The historic Piktland was once divided into seven regions. According to tradition, Markinch was the capital of the Pictish region of Fife. In the Middle Ages it had the rights of a Burgh of Barony . As at the location of today's northwestern mansion Balbirnie House , a tower house with Balgonie Castle has been located to the east, near Milton of Balgonie , at least since the late Middle Ages . The now much larger Glenrothes is a planned town from the 20th century. In the course of the 19th century, Markinch developed with the manufacture of paper and textiles. Coal was also mined.

In the 2011 census survey there were 2,398 people living in Markinch. This means that the number of inhabitants has only fluctuated slightly since 1951.

traffic

The A911 ( Milnathort - Windygates ) passes the village and connects it to the trunk road network. The A92 ( Dunfermline - Stonehaven ) runs a short distance to the west . As early as the 19th century, Markinch had its own train station along the Edinburgh – Aberdeen railway line . This is still in operation today.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ a b Markinch in: FH Groome (Ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
  3. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ↑ 2011 census
  7. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  8. ↑ Information about the Markinch train station

Web links

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