A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Pitreavie, an estate, with a mansion, in Dunfermline parish, Fife, 2¾ miles SE of Dunfermline town. It was acquired about 1615 by Sir Henry Wardlaw, chamberlain to Queen Anne of Denmark, whose son was created a Baronet in 1631. His grandson, Sir Henry Wardlaw, in 1696 married Lady Elizabeth Halkett (1677-1727), author of the pseudo-archaic ballad of Hardyknute, and, according to Dr Robert Chambers, of most of the historical Scottish ballads. The battle of Pitreavie or Inverkeithing was fought on the level ground to the S of Pitreavie House, Sunday, 20 July 1651. In it 6000 Cromwellians, under Overton and Lambert, defeated 4000 adherents of Charles II., under Brown and Holburn, the loss on the royalist side being 1600 killed and 1200 taken prisoners.—Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "an estate, with a mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels") |
| Administrative units: | Dunfermline ScoP Fife ScoCnty |
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