Crossford Main Street looking West on a cold morning in March 2006
Crossford is a small village in west Fife, Scotland (population in 1991 was 2830).[1]
It is situated one mile west of Dunfermline, east of Cairneyhill, astride the A994 (Main Street), at 56°03'51?N, 03°29'47?W. It is just over twelve miles from Edinburgh. The village has mixed housing with a large housing estate on the southwest end (referred to locally as the 'Wimpey Estate'). Most residents work either locally or commute to Edinburgh or Glasgow.
[edit] Local facilities
[edit] School and community
Crossford Primary School was built in 1973,[2] with ten teaching areas in a semi-open plan arrangement, plus a separate nursery class. There is a grass playing field for football and other sports. There is also a village hall, and a Scout hall (with Scouts and Girl Guides held weekly).
[edit] Businesses and employment
Businesses in the village include the local Post Office, Crossford Motor Company, The Crossford Chinese takeaway restaurant, a hairdresser (Scissors), a small supermarket (David Sands) and two hotels. The Pitfirrane Arms Hotel is in the centre of the village and is one of the few original Coaching Inns left in Scotland.[3] The Keavil House Hotel stands in 12 acres of grounds to the west of Crossford[4] and its meeting facilities, restaurant and health club with swimming pool are an amenity for the village and surrounding area.
New sports facilities in King George V Memorial Park were unveiled on 8 May 2005.[5] The floodlit, all-weather multi court was proposed by Crossford Recreation and the Environment (CREATE), and will be used by schools and the community for five-a-side football, tennis, basketball, hockey and netball.
To the southeast of Crossford the Dunfermline Golf Club[6] has an 18-hole golf course. The Halkett family owned the Pitfirrane Estate until 1951, and their mansion has become the clubhouse.[1]
[edit] History
A former weaving village, Crossford is said to take its name from the ford crossed by monks on their way between the abbeys of Dunfermline and Culross.[1]
An 1856 map[7][8] shows a brewery at the west end of the village, and Whinstone Quarry to the north of the main road.
[edit] Useful Information
- Telephone area code: 01383 (Dunfermline)
- Post Code: KY12 area (Dunfermline)
[edit] References
(Source: Wikipedia) |