Pitfirrane – Cairneyhill People and History

Sale of the Keavil and Pitfirrane estate

COUNTRY LIFE, SATURDAY 26TH APRIL 1913 FIFESHIRE – FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY, THE DESIRABLE RESIDENTIAL SPORTING AND AGRICULTURAL ESTATE OF KEAVIL AND PITFIRRANE. The estate lies about two miles to the west of Dunfermline and extends, including feus in the villages of Crossford and Cairneyhill, to about 1,800 acres. The Mansion House on theContinue reading “Sale of the Keavil and Pitfirrane estate”

Death in Cairneyhill

GLASGOW COURIER, SATURDAY 6TH MAY 1848 WILLS The late Sir John Halkett, Bart., of Pitfirrane, Fifeshire, in North Britain, son of the late Admiral Sir Peter Halkett, Bart., has devised his estates in Scotland and England, as are not entailed, with the estate of Pitfirrane, to his eldest son, Sir Peter Arthur Halkett, Bart., andContinue reading “Death in Cairneyhill”

Philanthropy in Cairneyhill

DUNDEE COURIER, WEDNESDAY 20TH DECEMBER 1871 DUNFERMLINE: LIBERALITY. Sir A P Halkett has given instructions to Mr P Thomson, factor on Pitfirrane estate, to ascertain the deserving poor in the villages of Crossford and Cairneyhill, with the view of giving each a cart-load of coals. DUNFERMLINE JOURNAL, SATURDAY 1ST JANUARY 1887 CAIRNEYHILL: SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE SantaContinue reading “Philanthropy in Cairneyhill”

The Halkett family and Cairneyhill

DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS, SATURDAY 31 DECEMBER 1864 CORRESPONDENCE – SEASONABLE BENEFICENCE To the editor. Sir: It is very gratifying to learn that Sir Arthur Halket, of Pitfirrane, although resident at present in Caen, France, has not forgot the poor and aged upon his estate, but has this season characterised himself with more then his wonted liberality;Continue reading “The Halkett family and Cairneyhill”

Cairneyhill Train Station

FIFE NEWS. SATURDAY 7TH APRIL 1883. KIRKCALDY: THE NEW RAILWAY. Mr Dalgleish of Pitfirrane has withdrawn his opposition to the Alloa, Dunfermline, and Kirkcaldy Railway, on condition that stations be put down at Cairneyhill and Crossford. NEWMARKET JOURNAL. SATURDAY 21ST FEBRUARY 1925. NEW LNER STATION MASTERS Mr F W Cooper, station master, Monkseaton, to beContinue reading “Cairneyhill Train Station”