Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Buckhaven

Buckhaven, fishing town, Wemyss par., S. Fifeshire, 4½ miles NE. of Dysart, pop. 2952; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; has a good pier and harb., and a ry. (4 miles long) connects it with Thornton junction.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "fishing town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Wemyss ScoP       Fife ScoCnty
Place: Buckhaven

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