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Kingseat
Sign in to saveKingseat is a village in Fife, Scotland, approximately northeast of Dunfermline. It was originally a coal mining village with the first pits sunk in the area in the mid 1800s. According to local belief, the village’s name comes from royal visits to the area, where the king was said to have looked out over the River Forth and toward Arthur's Seat.
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It is catalogued under topics including Areas of Dunfermline, Mining communities in Fife and Villages in Fife.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kingseat
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 770
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 750
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
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Kingseat is a village in Fife, Scotland, approximately northeast of Dunfermline. It was originally a coal mining village with the first pits sunk in the area in the mid 1800s. According to local belief, the village’s name comes from royal visits to the area, where the king was said to have looked out over the River Forth and toward Arthur's Seat.
==Amenities== The village has a public park which includes a play area and a football pitch. There is also a Community Leisure Centre, a bowling club, a cattery, and formerly a shop with a post office.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kingseat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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