Pittenweem
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 13 ′ N , 2 ° 44 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 1486 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | ANSTRUTHER | ||
| ZIP code section | KY10 | ||
| prefix | 01333 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Fife | ||
| British Parliament | North East Fife | ||
| Scottish Parliament | North East Fife | ||
Pittenweem ( ) is a town in the Scottish council area of Fife . It is located about 14 kilometers south of St Andrews and 25 kilometers northeast of Kirkcaldy at the entrance to the Firth of Forth in the East Neuk region .
history
It was the Scottish King David I who furnished the Benedictine abbey on the Isle of May with the lands in Pittenweem around 1142. Around this time the Pittenweem Priory was established there . It was around this time that the northern Kellie Castle was first mentioned and the Pittenweem Parish Church , which is still in use today, was built. The Pittenweem witches were arrested in their tower in 1704 , the process of which drew a certain amount of notoriety.
King James III Pittenweem awarded the rights of a Burgh . Jacob V made the village a royal burgh in 1542 . Another Royal Charter, Jakob VI, dates from 1593 . Frederick Stewart was installed as the first Baron of Pittenweem in the 1600s . Around this time, the port of Pittenweems, which in the past was used for maritime trade, especially with grain and potatoes, was built. More than 30 breweries are said to have been active in Pittenweem once.
traffic
The A917 runs through Pittenweem , which connects the coastal towns between St Andrews and Upper Largo to the trunk road network. In 1863 Pittenweem got its own station along the Fife Coast Railway . However, the route was closed in 1965.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Pittenweem Priory in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Pittenweem Parish Church in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Pittenweem in: FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
