. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical . , rushed down in impetuous torrent,and did great damage to property along all the courseof the Carron.—Orrf. Sur., shs. 39, 31, 1869-67. Earls Cross. See Dornoch. Earlsferry, a decayed coast village possessing the statusof a royal burgh, in Kilconquhar parish, Fife, immedi-ately W of Elie. It istraditionally said to havebeen constituted a burghby Malcolm Ceannmorat the request of Mac-duff, Earl of Fife, who,in his flight from thevengeance of Macbeth,was concealed in a caveat Kincraig
. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical . , rushed down in impetuous torrent,and did great damage to property along all the courseof the Carron.—Orrf. Sur., shs. 39, 31, 1869-67. Earls Cross. See Dornoch. Earlsferry, a decayed coast village possessing the statusof a royal burgh, in Kilconquhar parish, Fife, immedi-ately W of Elie. It istraditionally said to havebeen constituted a burghby Malcolm Ceannmorat the request of Mac-duff, Earl of Fife, who,in his flight from thevengeance of Macbeth,was concealed in a caveat Kincraig Point, andthence was ferried overthe firth to Dunbar byfishermen of the legend on the faceof it is false ; but, what-ever its date, the original Seal of having been ac-cidentally destroyed by fire in Edinburgh, James a new one in 1589, which speaks of Earls-ferry as of old, past memory of man, erected into anefree burgh. Then and afterwards it seems to havebeen a place of considerable trade, with two weeklymarkets and two annual fairs, the privilege of levying 457. EAELSEALL dues and customs, and the right of returning a memberto Parliament. These are all things of the past; butEarlsferry still is governed by a chief magistrate, abailie, a treasurer, and six councillors, and has its newtown-hall (1872), a branch of the National Bank, alocal savings bank, a gas company, and a public annual value of real property was £924, lis. in1882, when the municipal constituency numbered 45,whilst the corpoiation revenue for 1881 was £86. Pop.(1841) 496, (1861) 395, (1871) 406, (1881) 286. SeeElie. Earlshall, an ancient mansion in Leuchars parish,Fife, 7 furlongs ESE of Leuchars village. Said to havebeen named from a former estate of the Earls of Fife,it was built in years from 1546 till 1620, and was forgenerations the seat of the family of Bruce. It mainlyconsists of a square tower, and it contains a gieat hall,50 feet long and 18 wid
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