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Hillend
Hillend in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Hillend is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Hillend is a village in Fife, Scotland, to the east of Inverkeithing and to the west of Dalgety Bay. The village is 9.5 miles (15.3 km) northwest of Edinburgh city centre. The village had a population of 217 in 2001.
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Background
History
The village was named by 1775 as Hillend, as the town occupies a position at the north end of Letham Hill, the natural border between the towns of Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay. Hillend was known as a linen weaving village, and has been home to the Category C listed Hillend Tavern since the early 19th century. Hillend was described in 1882 by, Frances Groome in Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland as: "a village in Inverkeithing and Dalgety parishes, Fife, 1¼ mile NE of Inverkeithing town. It has a post office under Inverkeithing and a public school". Historically, Hillend village has been under the same parish and administrative boundary as neighbouring Inverkeithing. Since 1975, Hillend is…
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- Coordinates
- 56.0408, -3.3731
Sources
- wikidata: Q3785636 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hillend, Fife (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hillend?
- Hillend is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.0408°, -3.3731°.