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ID: 7009919
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009919
Record Type:
administrative
Kirkcaldy (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 56 07 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 56.1167
decimal degrees
Long: 003 10 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -3.1667
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on N shore of Firth of Forth; flourished as port during Middle Ages; after economic decline in 18th cen., linen & linoleum industry revived city in 19th cen.; other industries include weaving, malting, & furniture manufacturing.
Names:
Kirkcaldy
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Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
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C
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founded as a royal burgh in 1450
town (
C
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industrial center (
C
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manufacturing center (
C
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port (
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Sources and Contributors:
Kirkcaldy..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
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Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 889
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
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Times Atlas of the World (1994)
101
Subject:
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[
BHA
,
VP
]
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Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 889
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2600330
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
101
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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