Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Townhill

Townhill, a collier village in Dunfermline parish, Fife, 1½ mile NNE of the town. It has a post and telegraph office under Dunfermline, a public school (1876), and a chapel of ease (1878). Pop. (1871) 855, (1881) 1862.—Ord. Sur., sh. 40, 1867.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a collier village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Dunfermline Parish       Fife County

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