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Malcolm's Tower, also known as Malcolm Canmore's Tower, is a historic site in the Scottish city of Dunfermline, Fife. It consists of the foundations of a rubble built, rectangular tower enclosed by an oval shaped modern wall and is protected as a scheduled monument. [1] It is located in Pittencrieff Park.
Dunfermline & West Fife. Dunfermline West was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system. Before 1983 the area was covered by the Dunfermline constituency and from 2005 the seat was ...
The Dunfermline Press was founded in 1859 by the Romanes family. The family owned several other local newspapers, including the Border Telegraph and Stirling News and increased their portfolio by 14 when taking over Berkshire Regional Newspapers from Trinity Mirror. [2] In 2005 the group acquired its first company without newspapers when it ...
Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline. Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, aged 53, by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger. Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline (1555–1622) was a Scottish lawyer, judge and politician. He served as Lord President of the Court of Session from 1598 to 1604, Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1604 to 1622 ...
Abbot House is the oldest secular building in Dunfermline, Scotland. Lying in the shadow of Dunfermline's great abbey church, the core of the building is 16th-century. [1] A heritage centre until August 2015, the centre closed following failed attempts by Abbot House Heritage Centre Trust to find alternative funding. [2]
Abbot of Dunfermline. Dunfermline Abbey drawn by John Slezer c.1690. Dunfermline Abbey, circa 1919. The Prior, then Abbot and then Commendator of Dunfermline was the head of the Benedictine monastic community of Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland. The abbey itself was founded in 1128 by King David I of Scotland, but was of earlier origin.
Dunfermline Football Club was an association football club from Dunfermline in Scotland. The club entered the Scottish Cup every season from 1876–77 to 1889–90 . However the club only won 3 ties, plus one after which it was disqualified; on 7 occasions the club scratched before playing a match.
