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45 unusual facts about Fife


A Satire of the Three Estates

The complete play was first performed outside in the playing field at Cupar, Fife in June 1552 during the Midsummer holiday, where the action took place under Castle Hill.

Alienoid Starmonica

Alienoid Starmonica was the first release for The Aliens, a band hailing from Fife, Scotland.

Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton

Over several months in 1992 to 1993, he acted as a temporary Sheriff Principal in the sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife, due to the indisposition of the incumbent Sheriff Principal.

Ashok Malhotra

He was also said to be the next Viswanath in Indian Cricket.In the early 1990s, he was an overseas professional at Dunfermline Cricket Club in Fife, Scotland.

Balgonie Scotia

Balgonie Scotia AFC are a football club that are based in Coaltown of Balgonie, on the outskirts of Glenrothes, in Fife.

Battle of Dupplin Moor

The rebels and their English allies sailed on 31 July from several Yorkshire ports to Kinghorn in Fife to get round the terms of the Treaty of Northampton that did not permit English forces to cross the Tweed.

The Earl of Fife tried to lead the survivors of Mar's shattered army on an orderly retreat; but this turned into a rout after Beaumont and others took to horse, charging off in pursuit.

Battle of Two Rivers

who historian James Fraser suggests may have ruled the southern Pictish kingdom of Niuduera, identified as being located in present day Fife.

Bobby McMahon

Born in Dundee, McMahon played football at the school and youth level, before going on to play for Tayport in Fife, then one of Scotland's top amateur teams.

Charles Davidson Bell

Born on 22 October 1813 Crail, Fife, Scotland, Bell landed in the Cape in 1830 and through his uncle Sir John Bell, Secretary to the Cape Government, was given a post in the civil service.

Clan Durie

The Duries were granted the estate of Craigluscar which is near Leven, Fife.

Cupar, Saskatchewan

Cupar became a village in 1905 and received its name from Canadian Pacific Railway official for the town of Cupar in Fife, Scotland.

Dunfermline and District Tramways

On 3 November 1909 a branch was opened from Dunfermline to Townhill.

Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station

Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station is a railway station in the town of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

Dysart Sail In Film Festival

The outdoor event saw films projected onto a huge white screen, representing a giant sail, hanging over the great quarry walls of medieval Dysart harbour.

Fence Records

Fence Records is an independent record label based in Anstruther and Cellardyke, Fife, Scotland, founded by musician King Creosote and run by The Pictish Trail until August 2013.

Gabrán mac Domangairt

After Eochaid Buide, between the main line and the "children of Fergus Goll" and the "children of Connad Cerr ... or the men of Fife", although modern studies make Connad Cerr a member of the Cenél Comgaill

George Scot of Pitlochie

George Scot or Scott (died 1685) of Pitlochie, Fife was a Scottish writer on colonisation in North America.

German submarine U-241

Although the plane was able to return to Britain the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in the River Tay in Scotland before he could reach his base at Woodhaven, Fife.

Graeme Moodie

Born in Dundee, the son of an ophthalmologist, and educated at Lathallan School in Fife, Moodie contracted polio at the age of nine (which left him with a lifelong limp) and was taught in hospital until 1936.

Haymarket railway station

Trains from the station serve much of Scotland west and north of Edinburgh (including Fife and Glasgow), and local lines to the east, and the trunk route down the east coast of England.

Helen King

Helen King (1 March 1972 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom) is a Canadian actress working in theatre, film and TV as an actor, voice artist, puppeteer & singer.

HMS Leven

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Leven, probably after the River Leven, Fife in Scotland.

Imbrie Farm

The Imbries came to Oregon from the Midwest, but the family’s patriarch, James Imbrie, Jr., was born and raised in the Kingdom of Fife on the southeast coast of Scotland.

Into the Valley

Local legend still persists that the valley mentioned is a reference to the village of High Valleyfield, known locally as "the Valley", a village with a reputation for "mini warfare" between its own residents and those of nearby towns and villages (namely Torryburn, Rosyth, Oakley and Inverkeithing), near Skids' home town of Dunfermline.

James Foggo

His father was a native of Fife, and a watchmaker of good repute, but an advanced republican.

John Murray Prain

He lived at Longrigg, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland and married Lorina Helen Elspeth Skene.

Józef Sękalski

He remained in St. Andrews, in Fife, Scotland, after the war, with his partner Roberta Hodges, a painter herself.

Kinkell

Kinkell, Fife, a castle and location near to St Andrews, Scotland

Leslie Woodhead

For his National Service commencing in 1956, he served in Fife at the Joint Services School for Linguists where he was taught Russian.

Lisa Norman

Lisa Norman (born 1979) is a shinty player and manager from Kincardine, Fife, Scotland.

Lord Newark

On 16 August 1672, as Master of Newark, he had a charter of the barony of Abercrombie, which his father had purchased along with St Monans from Lord Abercrombie.

Malise mac Gilleain

The right wing, composed of the men of Argyle, Lennox, Athole, and Galloway, was commanded by Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, while Patrick III, Earl of Dunbar, commanded the left, composed of the men of Fife, Stirling, Berwick, and Lothian.

Meigle C.C.

The club has long running rivalry with Freuchie Cricket Club from Fife from many years competing in the Scottish section of the National Village Cup which the club has won six times, the last time in 1991.

Peter Beveridge

Beveridge was born at Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, and went to Victoria ten years later with his father, who engaged in pastoral pursuits near the township of Beveridge, to which the family gave their name.

RAF Coningsby

Since June 2007 the Typhoons of No. 3(F) Squadron have formed part of air defence of the UK along with RAF Leuchars near St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, both of which were equipped with Panavia Tornado F3 fighters.

Ralph Cochrane

Ralph Cochrane was born on 24 February 1895, the youngest son of Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults, in the Scottish village of Springfield.

Reg Smith

He was transferred to RAF Leuchars in Fife in 1944 and subsequently turned out for Dundee as a guest in the war-time North-Eastern League.

Robert Balfour, 4th of Balbirnie

Robert Balfour of Balbirnie (1698–1766) was a Scottish gentleman from Fife.

Rodd Christensen

A devout Christian, in 1992 he moved to Scotland and spent eleven years doing youth work for with charity Scripture Union in Fife.

Shaun Simpson

Shaun Simpson (born March 13, 1988 in Gauldry, near Leuchars, Fife) is a Scottish motocross racer.

Swan's Island, Maine

It is named after Colonel James Swan of Fife, Scotland, who purchased this island and some surrounding areas and organized their colonization in the 18th century.

Terrier Armoured Digger

Training of the Terrier crews will be carried out in the Terrier Mission Crew Trainer (MCT) developed by BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies (Insyte) at their plant in Fife, Scotland.

The Winter of Mixed Drinks

The Winter of Mixed Drinks was written over seven weeks, in the coastal town of Crail, Fife, following heavy touring in support of the band's second album, The Midnight Organ Fight.

Wellwood

Wellwood, Fife, a small village to the north of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland


823 Naval Air Squadron

In November 1941 the squadron was reformed at Crail airfield in Fife, Scotland as a torpedo bomber reconnaissance (TBR) Swordfish squadron, subsequently sailing on HMS Furious in August 1942 with 9 Albacores for convoy duties.

Alphonso Lingis

The venue, staging and costumes were provided by the Kyoto-based neo-Dadaist group Phylloxera (Beatrix Fife, Mamoru Katagiri, Michael Lazarin).

Cameron Bridge

In 1989 Cameronbridge also changed from being solely a large-scale grain whisky distillery into a ‘dual-purpose’ site, when United Distillers’ Grain Neutral Spirit operation was transferred to Fife from Wandsworth in London.

Charles Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk

The title of Earl of Southesk is now used as a subsidiary title of the Duke of Fife, and is used by the 11th Earl's grandson, David Carnegie, Earl of Southesk.

Clan Wood

Admiral Sir Andrew Wood of Largo, Fife, was born around the middle of the 15th century.

After winning several sea battles in the 1480s against the English, he was made a free Baron, with lands including Largo in Fife.

Dane Fife

Fife is the former head coach of the Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) Mastodons men's basketball team and former college assistant coach at Indiana University.

Dunfermline and District Tramways

The Dunfermline and District Tramways Company was a subsidiary of the Fife Electric Power Company, itself a subsidiary of Balfour Beatty.

Falkland

Viscount Falkland, a Scottish peerage title, named after Falkland, Fife, Scotland.

First Scotland East

In 1997 First launched Fife First to compete withStagecoach Fife (who had recently started competing with First in Glasgow)on route 56 between Edinburgh, Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath and Ballingry, using vehicles transferred from Lowland, Midland and Rider York and painted in allover red.

George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly

He then involved himself in a private war with the Grants and the Mackintoshes, who were assisted by the Earls of Atholl and Moray; and on 8 February 1592 he set fire to Moray's castle of Donibristle in Fife, and stabbed the earl to death with his own hand.

George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie

He was born at Innerteil, near Kinghorn, Fife, in 1630, was eldest son of Sir John Mackenzie of Tarbat — grandson of Colin Mackenzie of Kintail, and nephew of the first Lord Mackenzie of Kintail, Rossshire, the progenitor of the Mackenzies, earls of Seaforth.

Gilmour baronets

The Gilmour Baronetcy, of Lundin and Montrave in the Parishes of Largo and Scoonie in the County of Fife, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 1 September 1897 for John Gilmour, Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

Glen

The designation "glen" also occurs often in place names such as Great Glen in Scotland, Glenrothes in Fife, Scotland, Glendalough in Republic of Ireland (Éire), Glengowrie in Australia, Glenn Norman in Canada, Klamath Glen in California, Glen Waverley in Australia and Glendowie in Auckland, New Zealand.

Henry Torrens Anstruther

He was a Justice of the Peace for Buckinghamshire and Fife, and from 1903 was a member of the Administrative Council of the Suez Canal Company.

Inchcolm

In the days when people were compelled to cross the Firth of Forth by boat as opposed to bridge, the island was a great deal less isolated, and on the ferry routes between Leith/Lothian and Fife.

Judy Peiser

Peiser has produced numerous documentary films including Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer, Gravel Springs Fife and Drum, and Ray Lum: Mule Trader, available on the Folkstreams project's website.

Leone Strozzi

In August 1547 he captured St Andrews Castle in Scotland from the Protestant Lairds of Fife who had killed David Beaton.

Lowland Mounted Brigade

In late September 1915, the brigade (just two regiments strong, Ayrshire Yeomanry and Lanarkshire Yeomanry) left Fife for Devonport.

Mar Lodge Estate

In 1809 – Alexander Duff succeeded his brother, becoming the 3rd Earl Fife.

National Party of Scotland

Eric Linklater stood as an NPS candidate in the 1933 East Fife by-election, and Neil Gunn played a role in aiding the NPS amalgamation with the Scottish Party.

Nicholas Poyntz

In May 1544, the Earl of Hertford sent Nicolas to burn Kinghorn and other towns in Fife.

Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay

After succeeding to the lordship on the death of his father in December 1563, Lindsay contended with the Earl of Rothes on the right to the sheriffdom of Fife.

Robert Anstruther

Sir Robert Anstruther, 1st Baronet (1658–1737) (additionally of Balcaskie, Fife and Braemore, Caithness in 1698) MP for Fife 1710

Sanctuary movement

In 1980, Jim Corbett, Jim Dudley, John Fife and a handful of other residents of Tucson, Arizona began providing legal, financial and material aid to Central American refugees.

Scottish toponymy

Goidelic roots accounts for most place-names in eastern Scotland, with a few Anglic names in Fife and Angus and with a small number Pictish elements assimilated into the total toponymy.

Splatter Beach

Starring Erin Brown, Erika Smith, Alison Whitney, Brice Kennedy, Ken Van Sant and Dave Fife, Splatter Beach concerns a reporter who hopes to write a story on a series of disappearances that have plagued a local beach, and who finds instead a sea monster in full rubbery attire.

Springfield Union Station

Springfield railway station, serving the village of Springfield in Fife, Scotland

Springfield, Fife

The small village of Springfield (population less than 1,000) lies at the edge of the Howe of Fife, to the south of the town of Cupar, Fife, Scotland.

St Bridget's Kirk

Bridget's Kirk is a former church in the outskirts of Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland.

The Norman Rockwell Code

The police call in Professor Langford Fife (a pastiche of both Robert Langdon from the book and Barney Fife from The Andy Griffith Show), a professor of symbology at a local community college, to help them solve the mystery.

Wave 102

The station was founded by Douglas and June Anderson as part of The Petros Radio Group who launched Discovery AM in 1994 and Radio Waves in 1995, then decided to go for the full scale local licence with the help of their neighbour George Mackintosh (who started Radio Tay in 1980) along with a consortium who also founded Kingdom FM in Fife with the assistance of IRG (The Independent Radio Group)

Wemyss Private Railway

Captain Randolph Wemyss, the greatest of the Fife coalowners, was therefore permitted to construct a railway from the mines to the port of Methil from where the coal was exported.

Wemyss Ware

The pottery took its name from the Wemyss family, titled incumbents of Wemyss Castle on the east coast of Fife, who were early and enthusiastic patrons of Nekola and Heron's ceramic creations.

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham CBE (8 June 1912, St Andrews, Fife – 26 January 2004) was one of the foremost British abstract artists, a member of the influential Penwith Society of Arts.

William Edmonstone

He married at Zakynthos, Greece, on 13 July 1841, Mary Elizabeth Parsons (Newburn, Fife, 21 June 1823 – Cramond House, Midlothian, 11 August 1902), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. G. Parsons, who was British Resident on the island of Zante, at a time when the Ionian Islands were a British Protectorate.

Willie Gallacher

Gallacher lost his West Fife seat to Labour at the 1950 General Election coming third behind the National Liberal candidate, but remained in politics and served as President of the CPGB from 1956 to 1963.