Colinsburgh
| Colinsburgh | |
| Fife | |
|---|---|
 Colinsburgh Town Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NJ925065 |
| Location: | 56°13’14"N, 2°50’47"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Leven |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Fife |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North East Fife |
Colinsburgh is a village in the East Neuk of Fife, in the parish of Kilconquhar.
The village is named after Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres (1652–1722), who gave the land on which it was built.[1] It was here that the first meeting of the Presbytery of Relief was held in 1761 after its founders had broken from the Church of Scotland.[2]
About the village
Most of the houses stand along the main road running from east to west.[3] The village has a small primary school in a, two-storey building dating to 1875
The town hall, beside the school was built in 1894.[3] The town hall today serves as a community centre, occupied by the non-profit Colinsburgh Community Cinema, which screens 18 films per season.[4]
The Colinsburgh Galloway Library is on the main street in the middle of the village.
Charleton House to the west is based on an estate house first built in 1749, with various more recent alterations including the addition of Roman busts to the front wall. The estate has a fairly new golf course and a stables.[3]
Balcarres House is just north of the village, based on a mansion built in 1595 by John Lindsay, second son of the ninth Earl of Crawford. The house became the family seat of the Earl of Crawford. The present house was mostly built in the early nineteenth century using part of a fortune made in India, but preserves most of the original mansion. [1]
Main street, eastern end looking west
Small cottage in the village
Colinsburg library
The former Balcarres Arms Hotel in the village
Balcarres Gatehouse, just east of the village
Balcarres House, the stately home of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, just north of the village
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Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Colinsburgh) |
- "Scotland: Colinsburgh". Electric Scotland. http://www.electricscotland.net/scotland/colinsburgh.htm.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Electric Scotland: Kilconquhar
- ↑ Rankin, James (1879). A handbook of the Church of Scotland. p. 57. https://books.google.com/books?id=ou8CAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA57.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Colinsburgh: East Neuk Wide
- ↑ Colinsburgh Community Cinema
