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Kirkcaldy
Auld Post Hotel, One Hunter Street, Kirkcaldy KY1 1ED, Scotland. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.
Dunnikier House Hotel, Dunnikier Park, Kirkcaldy KY1 3LP, Scotland. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.
Dean Park Hotel, Chapel Level, Kirkcaldy, Scotland. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.
Swallow Parkway Hotel, 6 Abbotshall Road, Kirkcaldy KY2 5PQ, Scotland. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.
Victoria Hotel, 28 Victoria Road, Kirkcaldy KY1 1DS, Scotland. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.
Minotel Strathearn, 2 Wishart Place, Kirkcaldy KY1 2AS, Scotland. Magnificent Victorian building near St Andrews; fronts coastal tourist route; catered conference centre; premier wedding site. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.
Belvedere Hotel, Coxstool, West Wemyss, Kirkcaldy KY1 4SL, Scotland. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.
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Kirkcaldy is a royal burgh and a populous thriving seaport.
From the narrow dimensions on which the town stands, the inhabitants
have had to build their houses in a continuous line along the
shore giving rise to the name "the lang toun of Kirkcaldy".
The number of vessels belonging to the port at present is 74
with an aggregate burthen of 9956 tons. The principal imports
are flax and grain. Vessels from here have been employed in
the Davis Strait whale fishery for many years, and 2 vessels
are at present so engaged. The trade of Kirkcaldy is similar
to that of Dundee - spinning flax and weaving coarse linen goods.
There is also a large floorcloth manufactory, brewing, ironfounding,
machine making, and a considerable corn and meal trade. As well
as the parish church, there are a free church and chapels for
united presbyterians, baptists and independents. " edited
from Slater's Directory published 1852.

Kirkcaldy
is an industrial city in Fife looking out on a stretch of the
Firth of Forth busy with commercial ships and tankers. Nicknamed
The Lang Toun because it was once just a long street, the city's
fortunes were made in Linoleum, an industry that is all but
gone in this modern age. The seafront promenade while elegantly
straight lacks a little in character while a host of car-parks
screen the main shopping area from the sea. However the city
is a busy place and on any Saturday the centre is lively with
shoppers. Adam Smith, author of the Wealth of Nations was born
here in 1723. Tour
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