A wide variety of books about the local area

KIRKCALDY CIVIC SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

  

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Kirkcaldy's famous folk vol 1

£4.00

£5.00

66 pages The "Famous Folk" covered by this volume are: William Adam, Robert Adam, Marjory Fleming, Robert Philp, Dr. John Philip and Sir Sandford Fleming.

Kirkcaldy's famous folk vol 2

£4.00

£5.00

74 Pages The "Famous Folk" covered by this volume are: Adam Smith, Alexander Stewart, Thomas Carlyle, John McDouall Stuart, Thomas Elder and the Elder family, Anna Buchan(O.Douglas)

Kirkcaldy's famous folk vol 3

£4.00

£5.00

68 pages the "Famous Folk" covered in this volume being : Families of- Quyt or Whyt, Oswald of Dunnikier, Ferguson of Raith, Hutchison, Fergus, Malcolm, McIntosh, Lockhart, Aytoun, Nairn, Shepherd, Beveridge, Barry and Ostlere

Robert Philp

£2.00

£2.75

42 pages A biography of a famous Langtonian, showing the impact Philp had on education in the town. A very comprehensive insight in to the life and times of Philp.

Kirkcaldy Walkabout - High Street

£3.50

£4.50

4 pages This book shows what we all tend to miss as we walk along Kirkcaldy High Street, if we stop to look at the buildings above the shop fronts we will see a fascinating array of architecture, we also see many of the small side streets off the main shopping thoroughfare

Kirkcaldy Walkabout - Town Centre

£3.50

£4.50

48 pages of maps, pictures and narrative taking you on a walk around the centre of Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy W'about - Rosslyn/St Clair Streets

£3.50

£4.50

52 pages detailing the history of this industrialised area of Kirkcaldy, includes maps and photographs

Kirkcaldy W'about - Pathhead/R'craig Castle

£3.50

£4.50

62 pages This book takes you on a walking tour starting at Kirkcaldy harbour, walk up The Path and into Commercial Street and Mid Street before coming down to Ravenscraig Castle. includes several maps of the area (1856, 1894, 1913, present)

Kirkcaldy Walkabout - Back o' the toon

£3.50

£4.50

42 pages This book takes you on a walking tour starting at the junction of Dunnikier and Victoria Roads and covers the areas of Den Road, Beatty Crescent, Hayfield Road, Cairns Street, Overton Road, Loughborough Road, Ravenscraig Street, Church Street and concludes at Pathhead Parish Church.

Kirkcaldy Walkabout - Links Street

£3.50

£4.50

58 pages This book covers much of the area of the former parish of Abbotshall and continues in to the old part of Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy Walkabout - Burgh boundary

£3.50

£4.50

58 pages This book takes you on a walking tour starting from Kirkcaldy Museum, up to Bennochy Bridge, along Victoria Road, down Dunnikier Road, up Coal Wynd into Oswald's Wynd, via Hill Place and across the High Street, down Adam Smith's Close to the Esplanade, on to Volunteer's Green and up to Linktown Church(previously known as Bethelfield Church).

21 years of Kirkcaldy Civic Society

£3.50

£4.50

70 pages Learn more about the KCS in this interesting booklet, find out about the causes which they have helped with and see how dedicated the KCS are in preserving our heritage for the benefit of future generations of Fifers.

Beveridge Park in Year 2000

£2.50

£3.25

50 pages contains 45 photographs(of yesteryear & today) of Kirkcaldy's main leisure park. The park was opened in 1892 and was a popular family venue for a Sunday stroll.

Guide to Kirkcaldy graveyards

£3.00

£4.00

50 pages taking you on a tour of the graveyards showing photographs and giving details of gravestones of interest.

Hunter House/Hospital / St Brycedale House

£3.00

£4.00

30 pages The story of John Hunter and his wife Janet Landale Dowie, along with a history of the Hunter Hospital.

In the steps of Adam Smith's Kirkcaldy

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£4.50

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As the title suggests this booklet takes you on a tour of Kirkcaldy detailing what life would be like and what was present in the town at the time of Adam Smith 1723-1790

James Reekie of Kirkcaldy

£6.00

£7.50

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Kirkcaldy's churches

£4.50

£5.50

78 pages of details on over 60 churches with photographs.

Kirkcaldy's plaques to people and places

£4.50

£5.50

82 pages contains numerous photographs and stories surrounding the many plaques placed in and around Kirkcaldy as a tribute to its famous sons and daughters and places of interest. From Michael Nairn, Marjorie Fleming, & Adam Smith to Path House, Sailor's Walk and a plaque commemorating the Last Duel in Fife in 1826.

Kirkcaldy's street names

£4.50

£5.50

88 pages Who are Kirkcaldy's streets named after? What are the meanings of some of the areas of Kirkcaldy? The answer to these questions can be found in this book.

Macduff to Wemyss: Walk betw' two castles

£3.00

£4.00

58 pages this book gives details on the two castles mentioned in the title as well as many of the Wemyss caves, complete with photographs, it takes you through East Wemyss and concludes at West Wemyss.

Missed along the way: K'dy High St 1945-70

£3.00

£4.00

38 pages This book is a walkabout but with a difference, the stories and tales are told in poetic fashion.

Way back when ... Remember remember

£4.50

£5.50

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Auld Buckhyne Revisited

£3.00

£4.00

East Wemyss Remembered

£6.25

£7.25

East Wemyss Worthies Remembered

£4.50

£5.00

Fife's Bridges

£8.00

£9.00

Guide to Wemyss Caves

£2.50

£3.25

Heritage of Wemyss

£2.50

£3.25

 

To order please contact our Publications Co-ordinator, Hugh Hoffman, by email, by post or by telephone:


Hugh Hoffman
Dunira
6 Church Lane
Ladybank
Fife KY15 7LY

Tel: 01337-831403

 

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