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Masterton, a village in Dunfermline parish, Fife, 2½ miles NNW of Inverkeithing. Standing high, it commands a fine view over the waters and screens of the Firth of Forth, and has a hospital for poor widows, founded and endowed in 1676 by Sir Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Administrative units: | Dunfermline ScoP Fife ScoCnty |
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