Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Boreland

Boreland, a collier village mostly in Dysart, but partly in Wemyss parish, Fife, adjacent to the North British railway, 1¼ mile N of Dysart town. It was founded about 1735. A public school, with accommodation for 87 children, had (1879) an average attendance of 42, and a grant of £26,17s.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a collier village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wemyss ScoP       Fife ScoCnty

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