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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Ferry Port on Craig like this:
Tayport (or Ferry-Port-on-Craig), town and par., Fife, on S. side of entrance to Firth of Tay, opposite Broughty Ferry, 3½ miles SE. of Dundee by water and 45½ NE. of Edinburgh by rail - par., 2758 ac., pop. 2818; town, pop. 2630; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Tayport is the southern terminus of a ferry in connection with the railway, and is a bathing resort; there are linen factories, a flax and jute spinning mill, a bobbin factory, and a shipbuilding yard; at Tayport are 2 light-houses (High Lighthouse and Pile Lighthouse), 76 and 53 ft. ...
high, with fixed lights (Tayport, or Port-on-Craig) 80 and 30 ft. above high water and seen 12 and 10 miles.
Ferry Port on Craig is now part of FIFE Council. Click here for graphs and data of how FIFE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ferry Port on Craig itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ferry Port on Craig in Fife | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17169
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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