North Queensferry Place Names
Ordnance Survey Maps of Great Britain
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North Queensferry Place Names
North Queensferry
The North Queensferry Peninsula is divided by a boundary line running from Cult Ness on the West to Port Laing on the East.
North of this line is part of the Parish of Inverkeithing.
South of this line is part of the Parish of Dunfermline (detached).
The relevant records are held in Volume 76
You can view images of the original records and transcripts of each page
North Queensferry place names in the Parish of Inverkeithing (north of a line from Cult Ness to Port Laing) are:
Cruickness, Cruicks, Firth of Forth, Ferry Hills, Gallow Bank, Jamestown, Limpet Ness, North Ferry T.B. [Toll Bar], Old Cruicks, Tourville Cottage, The Old Toll, Welldean Quarry
There is also cancelled entry for the Supposed site of Cromwell’s Camp before the Battle of Inverkeithing.
North Queensferry place names in the detached part of the Parish of Dunfermline (south of the line from Cult Ness to Port Laing) are:
Bimar, Coast Guard Station, Carlinknowes Quarry, Cult Ness, Craigdhu, East Battery Pier, Ferry Barns, Ferry Loch, Ferryhills, Hope Tavern, Inch Garvie, Long Craig, North Queensferry, Northcliff, Port Laing, Post Office, Rockville Cottage, Ruins of a Chapel, School, St Margaret’s, Scaur Hill, Signal House, Signal House Pier, West Battery Pier
There are also entries for Inchgarvie, Ruins of a Castle on Inchgarvie, Remains of a BATTERY on Inchgarvie, and Remains of a FORT on Inchgarvie.
Individual Records
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Bimar, Coast Guard Station, Carlinknowes Quarry, Craigdhu, Cruickness, Cruicks, Cult Ness, East Battery Pier, Ferry Barns, Ferry Hills, Ferry Loch, Ferryhills (farm), Gallow Bank, Hope Tavern, Inch Garvie, Jamestown, Limpet Ness, Long Craig, North Ferry T.B. [Toll Bar], North Queensferry, Northcliff, Old Cruicks, Port Laing, Post Office, Rockville Cottage, Ruins of a Chapel, School, St Margaret’s, Scaur Hill, Signal House, Signal House Pier, Tourville Cottage, The Old Toll, Welldean Quarry, West Battery Pier