26 Facts About Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland.

Kirkcaldy has long been nicknamed the Lang Toun in reference to the early town's 0.

In 1877 this in turn contributed to linoleum, which became the town's most successful industry: Kirkcaldy was a world producer until well into the mid-1960s.

Kirkcaldy is known as the birthplace of social philosopher and economist Adam Smith who wrote his magnum opus The Wealth of Nations in the town.

Name Kirkcaldy means "place of the hard fort" or "place of Caled's fort".

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In 1304, a weekly market and annual fair for Kirkcaldy was proposed by the Abbot of Dunfermline to King Edward I, during a period of English rule in Scotland from 1296 to 1306.

The feu-ferme charter of 1451 between the Abbot of Dunfermline and the burgesses of Kirkcaldy mentioned a small but functioning harbour; it is not known when this harbour was established, or whether it was always located at the mouth of the East Burn.

When Kirkcaldy was awarded royal burgh status in 1644, the duties of the provost were initially performed by bailies, councillors, and magistrates.

Kirkcaldy enjoyed royal burgh status until this rank was abolished in 1975 under the Local Government Act 1973, in favour of a three-tier system of regions and districts.

Fife Council, based in Glenrothes, the unitary local authority for Kirkcaldy, is the executive, deliberative, and legislative body responsible for local governance.

The Kirkcaldy area sends 11 councillors, elected from three wards, to Fife Council.

Kirkcaldy was represented by the constituency of Dysart Burghs from 1707 to 1832, which was formed from the burgh itself and three other burghs, Dysart, Kinghorn, and Burntisland.

The Kirkcaldy seat was won at the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections by David Torrance for the Scottish National Party.

Kirkcaldy Galleries is home to the town's museum and art gallery and central library.

Kirkcaldy has had a twin-town link with Ingolstadt in Germany sinceSeptember 1962.

Kirkcaldy United were a senior team based in the town, which dissolved in 1916.

Kirkcaldy RFC are the senior rugby team and play at Beveridge Park in Scottish National League Division Two, the third tier of Scottish club rugby.

Oldest church in Kirkcaldy is the Old Kirk, the old parish church, on Kirk Wynd.

Kirkcaldy has one recycling centre and several recycling points, all operated by Fife Council.

Kirkcaldy is served by the East Central Region of the Scottish Ambulance Service, which covers Tayside, Forth Valley, and Fife.

Kirkcaldy is the birthplace of social philosopher and economist Adam Smith, who wrote The Wealth of Nations at his mother's house at 220 High Street between 1765 and 1767.

David Danskin, who grew up in Kirkcaldy, was a principal founding member of Dial Square FC, later renamed Royal Arsenal, the team that are today known as Arsenal.

Kirkcaldy was largely the man responsible for introducing the obligatory use of Carbolic soap throughout Scottish schools in 1907.

Kirkcaldy is the only footballer in the club's history to have won both the Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup, in 2007 and 2016 respectively.

Kirkcaldy has made more than 300 appearances for the Edinburgh club.

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Kirkcaldy later became a sports journalist and was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.