Kinghorn parish

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Kinghorn parish is a historic ecclesiastical and civil parish on the coast of Fife, Scotland, encompassing the town of Kinghorn and surrounding settlements.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kinghorn Parish 1
Kinghorn parish canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
ecclesiastical parish
historic parish
archivalJurisdiction National Records of Scotland
belongsTo Presbytery of Kirkcaldy (historically)
borders Aberdour parish
linked to: Aberdour

Auchtertool parish
linked to: Auchtertool

Burntisland parish
linked to: Burntisland

Kirkcaldy parish
containsSettlement Burntisland (historically partly)
linked to: Burntisland

Inchkeith (historically associated island)
linked to: Inchkeith

Kinghorn
Pettycur
country Scotland
currentLocalAuthorityArea Fife council area
denomination Church of Scotland (historically)
linked to: Church of Scotland
governedHistoricallyBy parochial board
hasCoastlineOn North Sea (via Firth of Forth)
linked to: Firth of Forth
hasFeature coastal landscape
farming hinterland
fishing heritage
hasHistoricFunction civil registration unit
ecclesiastical jurisdiction
local taxation unit
hasHistoricRecordType Old Parish Registers
hasParishChurchIn Kinghorn
historicalStatus pre-Reformation parish
languageHistoricallySpoken Scots
Scottish Gaelic (to a lesser extent)
laterAdministeredBy Fife County Council
linked to: Fife Council
locatedIn Fife
locatedOn Firth of Forth
coast of Fife
partOf historic county of Fife
primarySettlement Kinghorn
region Lowlands of Scotland
religiousTradition Presbyterianism
usedFor census purposes (historically)
church administration (historically)
poor law administration (historically)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pettycur partOf Kinghorn parish
Kinghorn Parish Church hasParish Kinghorn Parish
linked to: Kinghorn parish