. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . hurch, was at first placed inthe porch, but has since been removed to a spot nearthe pulpit, and regularly used for public baptisms (T. Ancient Churches of Scotland, 1848). There isalso a spacious church, in which, about 1820, theRev. Ebenezer Brown, second son of the Self-interpret-ing Bible, preached before Brougham and Jeffrey, thefirst pronouncing him the greatest orator he had everheard, whilst Jeffrey declared he never heard suchwords, such a sacred untaught gift of
. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . hurch, was at first placed inthe porch, but has since been removed to a spot nearthe pulpit, and regularly used for public baptisms (T. Ancient Churches of Scotland, 1848). There isalso a spacious church, in which, about 1820, theRev. Ebenezer Brown, second son of the Self-interpret-ing Bible, preached before Brougham and Jeffrey, thefirst pronouncing him the greatest orator he had everheard, whilst Jeffrey declared he never heard suchwords, such a sacred untaught gift of speech. Theharbour is pretty good, having a patent slip, and afford-ing accommodation for vessels of 200 tons at spring tides,though usually it is frequented by smaller vessels. Itcomprises an area called the Inner Bay, which, extendingover an area of 100 acres, contracts to 1 furlong at theentrance between two low small headlands, the East andthe West Ness. At low water it is all an expanse of fore-shore. The outer bay, broadening rapidly beyond theharbours entrance, includes foreshore over only a small. Seal of Inverkeithing. space immediately outside the Ness; measures 1£ mileacross a chord drawn between St Davids and NorthQueensferry, but only § mile from that chord to theNess; and lies quite open to easterly and southerly good many, vessels used to frequent the harbour forcoal; but their number has greatly decreased of recentyears. The town is a royal burgh, by a charter ofWilliam the Lyon, and under the Burgh Police Actof 1892 is governed by a provost, 2 bailies, and 6councillors. It unites with Stirling, Dunfermline, INVERKEITHNY Culross, and South Queensferry in sending a memberto parliament. The municipal and parliamentary con-stituency numbered 389 and 312 in 1895, when theannual value of real property amounted to £19,769,whilst the corporation revenue was £452. Pop. (1831)2020, (1861) 1929, (1871) 1763, (1881) 1653, (1891)1676, of whom 1663 were in the p
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