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unusual facts about Newburgh, Fife



Alphonso Lingis

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

Balgonie Scotia

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

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.

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 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.

Culley

F. B. Culley Generating Station, a 369-MWe coal-fired electricity-generating power plant southeast of Newburgh in Warrick County

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.

Delano-Hitch Stadium

Minutes before Newburgh's home opener, league president Bud Harrelson announced the Black Diamonds would return in 1999, but only if the team built a new stadium.

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.

George Scot of Pitlochie

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

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.

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.

Le Neubourg

He gave the manor to his second son Henry de Beaumont (c.1048-1119), who was created 1st Earl of Warwick in 1088 and who adopted for himself and his descendants the surname "de Newburgh", the Anglicised adjectival form of his Norman lordship.

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.

Mothership Connection Newberg Session

It was recorded in Hangar E at Stewart Airfield in Newburgh, New York on September 26, 1976 during the rehearsals for the P-Funk Earth Tour.

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.

Newburgh–Beacon Bridge

The original bridge won the 1965 American Institute of Steel Construction "most beautiful bridge" award for long-span bridges.

Newburgh, Aberdeenshire

Near the estuary mouth, the presence of tern colonies is notable, since there are several distinct species that utilise the north banks of the Ythan Estuary, and comprise a meaningful percentage of the breeding pairs of terns in the United Kingdom.

Nicholas Poyntz

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

P.O.D.

On July 28, 2008, the group played a free public performance at the Orange County Choppers headquarters in Newburgh, NY, with OCC The Band opening.

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.

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.

Robert Anstruther

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

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.

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.

Stewart Airport

Stewart International Airport, near Newburgh, New York, United States (IATA/FAA: SWF)

Stone Mills

Weston Price, a famous dentist, nutritionist, and author from Newburgh.

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.

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.

Tracy L. Gorman

Rev. Gorman has worked at the following churches: First Church of the Nazarene, Decatur, Illinois; Real Life Community Church, Portage, Indiana; Southside Church of the Nazarene, Richmond, Virginia; First Church of the Nazarene, Washington, Pennsylvania; New Life Church, Newburgh, Indiana; and Southside Church of the Nazarene, Muncie, Indiana.

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 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.


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