Crossford

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Crossford Main Street looking West on a cold morning in March 2006
Crossford Main Street looking West on a cold morning in March 2006

Crossford is a small village in west Fife, Scotland (population in 1991 was 2830).[1]

It is situated one mile west of Dunfermline, east of Cairneyhill, astride the A994 (Main Street), at 56°03′51″N, 03°29′47″W. It is just over twelve miles from Edinburgh. The village has mixed housing with a large housing estate on the southwest end (referred to locally as the 'Wimpey Estate'). Most residents work either locally or commute to Edinburgh or Glasgow.

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[edit] Local facilities

[edit] School and community

Crossford Primary School was built in 1973,[2] with ten teaching areas in a semi-open plan arrangement, plus a separate nursery class. There is a grass playing field for football and other sports. There is also a village hall, and a Scout hall (with Scouts and Girl Guides held weekly).

[edit] Businesses and employment

Businesses in the village include the local Post Office, Crossford Motor Company, the Jade Chinese takeaway restaurant (formerly 'the Great Wall'), a hairdresser (Scissors), a small supermarket (David Sands) and two hotels. The Pitfirrane Arms Hotel is in the centre of the village and is one of the few original Coaching Inns left in Scotland.[3] The Keavil House Hotel stands in 12 acres of grounds to the west of Crossford[4] and its meeting facilities, restaurant and health club with swimming pool are an amenity for the village and surrounding area.

[edit] Sport

New sports facilities in King George V Memorial Park were unveiled on 8 May 2005.[5] The floodlit, all-weather multi court was proposed by Crossford Recreation and the Environment (CREATE), and will be used by schools and the community for five-a-side football, tennis, basketball, hockey and netball.

To the southeast of Crossford the Dunfermline Golf Club[6] has an 18-hole golf course. The Halkett family owned the Pitfirrane Estate until 1951, and their mansion has become the clubhouse.[1]

[edit] History

A former weaving village, Crossford is said to take its name from the ford crossed by monks on their way between the abbeys of Dunfermline and Culross.[1]

An 1856 map[7][8] shows a brewery at the west end of the village, and Whinstone Quarry to the north of the main road.

[edit] Useful Information

  • Telephone area code: 01383 (Dunfermline)
  • Post Code: KY12 area (Dunfermline)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Crossford. Gazetteer for Scotland (1995-2007). Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
  2. ^ About our school. Crossford Primary School (2006). Retrieved on March 10, 2006.
  3. ^ The Pitfirrane Hotel. Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
  4. ^ hotels in Dunfermline, Fife : Keavil House hotel with health club. Best Western (2007). Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
  5. ^ New Pars boss to launch sports facilities for Crossford. Sport Scotland (2005). Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
  6. ^ Dunfermline Golf Club (2007). Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
  7. ^ Old Maps. old-maps.co.uk (1856). Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
  8. ^ 1856 map of Crossford. old-maps.co.uk (1856). Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
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