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Wednesday 17 December 2008

Carnbee Parish East Neuk of Fife Scotland


Carnbee Parish East Neuk of Fife Scotland. " Carnbee parish contains the villages of Arncroach, Carnbee and Newton of Balcormie. It is bounded by Cameron, Dunino, Crail, Kilrenny, Anstruther Wester, Pittenweem, St Monans and Kilconquhar. The parish is about four miles square. The northern part of the parish is moorland in character while the southern half is rich and fertile. The parish has excellent deposits of limestone, freestone and coal, the latter being worked at Newton of Balcormie and Cassingray. The parish church is in Carnbee while there is a Free Church in Arncroach. With the exception of a few tradesmen, the inhabitants are chiefly employed in rural labours or at the collieries. " edited from Westwood's Directory for the counties of Fife and Kinross published 1862.

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