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218 INVEEKEITHING. [WoBBALL'iS
Queensferry (or South Queensferry), in Linlitligowsliire,
is well known to travellers, as a steamer passes
to and from several times daily. There are large
wliinstone quarries, employing a number of men.
DALGETTY is a parish bounded on the east by
Aberdour, on the west by luverkeithing, on the south
by the river Forth, and on the north by Dunfermline :
in length it is 5 miles, and in breadth S-j miles. St.
Davids is a small port in this parish, about 1^ miles
east from Inverkeithing. The advantage that this
place affords for the shipment of coal, which is
brought from the colliery at Fordell by a raili^ay line
five miles in length, is very gTeat. Upwards of 500
tons of coal can be sliipped daily. The pier, which is
capable of receiving vessels of 500 tons to receive
their cargoes, is the property of G. W. M. Hender
son, Esq.
CEOSSGATES is a village partly in the parish of
Dunfermhne and partly in that of Dalgetty, about a
quarter of a mile from the station on the North
British Railway. The manufacturing of fire clay and
terra cotta goods is extensively carried on here by
Ord Adams, Esq., and affords employment to a
number of the inhabitants of this district. The
places of worship are an Estabhshed Church and one
for Presbyterians. There is also a board school.
POEDELL is a village in Dalgetty parish, and
about a mile S.E. of Crossgates. It is chiefly
inhabited by miners, who are employed on the estate
of G. W. M. Henderson, Esq.
Post Office, Town Hall-street, Inverkeithing,
WilUam Pringle, postmaster.—Letters from all parts
arrive (from Edinburgh) at 9.45 a.m., 1.45 p.m., and
6.20 p.m., and are despatched thereto at 8 a.m.,
12 noon, and 4 p.m. ; and arrive from Dunfermline
at 8.15 a.m. and 4.15 p.m., despatched thereto at
T'.SO a.m. and 6 p.m. ; also despatches to Aberdeen,
Dundee, Glasgow, and the West at 6 p.m., and to St.
David's, by foot messenger, at 10 a.m. Money Order
Office, Savings' Bank, and TelegTaph Office.
Post Office, North Queensferry, Ehzabeth Eoss,
postmistress.—Letters from all parts arrive (from
Edinbui'gb) at 9 a.m., and are despatched thereto a,t
4.15 p.m. Letters arrive from Dunfermhne at 4.15
p.m., and are despatched thereto at 9.15 a.m. Money
Order, Savings' Bank, and Telegraph Office.
Post Office, Crossgates, Archibald M'Neill, postmaster.—Letters
from all parts arrive (from Edinburgh)
at 9 a.m., and from Dunfermline at 9 a.m. and
4.50 p.m., and are despatched to Edinburgh at 4.15
p.m., and to Dunfermhne at 8.10 a.m. and 6.10 p.m.
Money Order Office, Savings' Bank, and Telegraph
Office.
Post Office, Hillend, Ann Mackenzie, postmistress.
—Letters from all parts ax-rive (from Inverkeithing)
at 10.40 a.m., and are despatched thereto at 2.55 p.m.
The nearest Money Order Office is at Inverkeithing.
Letters for the above places (Hillend excepted) should
be addressed near Dunfermline, Fifeshire, and for
Hillend, near Inverkeithing.
PLACES OF WOESHIP AND THEIE MINISTEES.
Established Chttrches:—
Crossgates (Quoad Sacra)—Eev. Robert Robertson
Dalgetty—Eev. J. C. Craig
Inverkeithing—Eev. John Glendinning Eobertson
United Peesbtterian Chapels :
Crossgates—Eev. Andrew Graham
Inverkeithing—Eev. John Slater
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BUEGH OF INVEEKEITHING, MUNICIPAL
OFFICEES,
Provost
Town Hall, Town Hall Street.
Baihes—Lawrence Walls and John Grant
Dean of Guild and Treasurer—Archibald Ramsaj
Councillors—Eight
Town Clerk—William Eraser
Procurator Fiscal—Eobert Gowie
Police Treasurer and Collector, Burgh Assessor and
Surveyor, Inspector of Weights and Measures^ and
Town's Officer—Charles Dow
Police Station—Charles Dow, constable
Sanitary Inspector—William Pringle
HAEBOUE AND SHOEE DUES OFFICE.
— ;
Harboiir Master and Collector of Dues for Inverkeithing—Archibald
Eamsay; for St. Davids
James Drybui'gh
Parochial Board Officers—Inverkeithing, WilHam
Pringle, inspector and collector ; Dalgetty, David
Inglis, inspector and collector, Crossgates
Eegistrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the
parishes of :—Inverkeithing, E. N. Wardrop
Dalgetty, James Cui'rie, Fordell, Crossgates
Cemetery, Inverkeitliing—William Pringle, superintendent
Custom House, Harbour—D. M. Wilson, principal
coast officer
Gas Works, Inverkeithing—John Hay, treasurer;
William Pringle, secretary
Music Hall, Inverkeithing
Stamp Office, Inverkeithing—William Pringle, subdistributor
Subscription Library, Inverkeithing—E. N. Wardrop,
hbrarian
COACH.
To Edinburgh and Dunfermline—A Coach tlu'ee
times a day (Sundays excepted), Andrew Henderson,
agent
CONVEYANCE BY EAILWAY.
On the North British Line.
Station at Crossgates—David Malcolm, station master
Station at Halbeath
Station at Inverkeithing (for goods only)
CAEEIEES.
To Burntisland and Kirkcaldy—Thomas Cooper,
when required
To Dunfermline—Joseph Stott, from Inverkeithing,
daily
CONVEYANCE BY WATEE.
From North Queensferry.
To Leith and intermediate places—A Steamboat
twice a day
To Stirling and intermediate places—A Steamboat
twice a day