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Tour Strathmiglo

Tour Strathmiglo Cemetery Scotland
"Strathmiglo
parish, containing the villages of Strathmiglo and Edenshead (or
Gateside), is bounded by Auchtermuchty, Falkland, Arngask, Abernethy
and Kinross-shire. It measures 7.5 miles by 4.5 miles. The River
Eden divides the parish into 2 and drives 4 corn, 1 flour and
1 farina mill. The village of Strathmiglo was a Burgh of Barony
but that status is now no more. The town house and a fine green
remain. There are a parish church, a Free Church and a Reformed
Presbyterian Church in the village of Strathmiglo, and a UP Church
at Gateside. The inhabitants of the country districts are mostly
employed in agriculture, but the villagers weave diapers and damask.
Several manufacturers and agents reside in Strathmiglo and employ
most of the hands. There are also a power-loom factory and bleachfield
in Strathmiglo, at which a considerable number, mostly females,
are employed." edited from Westwood's Directory for the counties
of Fife & Kinross published 1862.
A
town at the western end of the Howe of Fife, situated on the
River Eden just south of the A91 to St Andrews.
A medieval burgh of barony with districts once owned by the
church and the Knights Templar, its merchants once supplied
nearby Falkland Palace with goods and services. During the 18th
and 19th centuries the town developed as a textile centre but
also became famous for its 'Fife Boots' first manufactured
by A.T. Hogg (1858-1927).
Strathmiglo High Street is dominated by the Tolbooth with its
open forestair and octagonal spire, and outside the parish church
stands a Pictish symbol stone dating from c.700 AD.
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