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unusual facts about Kirkcaldy


Balfour Oliphant Hutchison

Hutchison was the son of Alexander Hutchison, of Braehead, Kirkcaldy, Fife.


Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas

"Christmas in Kirkcaldy" is a cover of No Christmas in Kentucky by Phil Ochs.

Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge

In 2005, the Students' Association of the newly created Adam Smith College in Kirkcaldy, Fife refused to name themselves after Adam Smith, and instead chose the name Jennie Lee Students' Association.

Robert Ferguson

Robert Ferguson of Raith (died 1841), Scottish MP for Fife and Kirkcaldy Burghs

St Mary and St Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church, Hove

Some of the other churches in the British Isles (many of them British Orthodox) are in Kensington in Central London; Croydon in south London; Lapworth in Warwickshire; nearby Solihull in the West Midlands; Manchester; Newport in south Wales; Kirkcaldy in Scotland; and Dublin in the Republic of Ireland.

William Kirkcaldy of Grange

Bothwell escaped and Kirkcaldy sailed to Shetland as Lord High Admiral of Scotland in pursuit, but his ship, the Lion, ran aground north of Bressay.

Willie Johnston

The Port Brae Bar pub in Kirkcaldy was run by his son Dean until a dispute with the Belhaven Brewery led to the pub being boarded up, locking Johnston's collection of memorabilia inside.


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