Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Markinch

Markinch, small town and par. with ry. sta. (Mark-inch Junction), Fife - par., 9821 ac., pop. 5863; town, 4¼ miles E. of Leslie and 11½ miles SW. of Cupar, pop. 1273; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; the inhabitants are employed in the neighbouring mills and bleachfields.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Markinch ScoP       Fife ScoCnty
Place: Markinch

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