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Graveyards and Cemeteries of Fife

Charlotte Golledge

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  • 96 sidor
  • 2022
The burial grounds, graveyards and cemeteries of Fife contain many fascinating historical tales, often with interesting superstitions attached. All walks of life are represented from the burial place of ancient kings, queens and saints in Scotlands ancient capital, Dunfermline, to the only known grave of a witch in Scotland, on the foreshore of the Firth of Forth. In this book local historian Charlotte Golledge takes readers on a tour through the history of Fifes burial grounds, graveyards and cemeteries. She explores the history of the royal burials at Dunfermline Abbey and the resting place of the bishops at St Andrews Cathedral, with the graves of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris nearby who designed many of Scotlands iconic golf courses. Lesser-known locations include the secluded St Bridgets kirkyard in Dalgety Bay where bodysnatchers would row across the River Forth to claim freshly buried bodies for the anatomists table, and the lovingly restored kirkyard at Tulliallan Old Kirk with its gravestones going back to the seventeenth century, many of which have been brought to the surface recently, showing the everyday trades of those interred, including nautical connections. Together, these are the tales of real people of Scotland told through their deaths and burials. This fascinating portrait of life and death in Fife over the centuries will appeal to both residents and visitors to this region of Scotland.
  • Författare: Charlotte Golledge
  • Illustratör: unspecified 100 Illustrations
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781398112025
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 96
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2022-11-15
  • Förlag: Amberley Publishing