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Newburgh is a royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland, at the south shore of the Firth of Tay. The town has a population of 2,171 (in 2011), [ 2 ] which constitutes a 10% increase since 1901 when the population was counted at 1,904 persons.
Fife (/ f aɪ f / FYFE, Scottish English:; Scottish Gaelic: Fìobha; Scots: Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i.e., the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire) and Clackmannanshire.
Map of places in Fife compiled from this list This list of places in Fife is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, mansion, hillfort, lighthouse, nature reserve, reservoir, river, and other places of interest in the Fife council area of Scotland. Aberdour Castle Anstruther Balgonie Castle Balmerino Abbey Culross Palace Dairsie Castle Dalgety Bay Dysart Falkland ...
From 1845 to 1930, parishes formed part of the local government system of Scotland: having parochial boards from 1845 to 1894, and parish councils from 1894 until 1930.. The parishes, which had their origins in the ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland, often overlapped county boundaries, largely because they reflected earlier territorial divisions.
Mugdrum Island lies in the Firth of Tay on the east coast of Scotland, opposite the town of Newburgh in Fife. It is low-lying and reedy, and covers an area of 55.7 acres (22.5 ha). [1] It is the only significant island in the firth. [2] The Tay splits into two channels here, known as the North Deep and the South Deep.
The scheme for classifying buildings in Scotland is: Category A: "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic; or fine, little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type."
The town of Newburgh, founded during the Middle Ages, now occupies the land between the site of the fort and the river. [6] The fort stood on the western side of the mouth of a valley which led south to central Fife.
Earl of Newburgh: Milan, Italy: Glentirran House, Stirlingshire, Slindon House, Sussex and Dilston Castle, Northumberland Earl of Dundee: Birkhill House, Fife: Dudhope Castle: Earl of Annandale: Raehills, Dumfries and Galloway and Lochwood Tower: Lochmaben Castle Earl of Dundonald: Lochnell Castle, Argyll and Beacon Hall, Kent: Auchindoun ...