Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lochgelly

Lochgelly, town and quoad sacra par. with ry. sta., partly in Ballingry par., but chiefly in Auchterderran par., Fife, ½ mile NW. of Loch Gelly, and 7½ miles NE. of Dunfermline - par., pop. 3190; town, pop. 2601; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; Lochgelly is a police burgh, and owes its prosperity to its collieries and ironworks; between the town and the loch is Lochgelly House, seat of the Earl of Miato.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and quoad sacra parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Lochgelly Burgh       Fife ScoCnty
Place: Lochgelly

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