Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Burntisland within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Burntisland, par., parl. and royal burgh, seaport, and watering-place, S. coast of Fifeshire, on Firth of Forth, opposite Granton, and 8 miles N. of Edinburgh -- par., 2565 ac., pop. 4821; parl. burgh, pop. 4099; royal burgh, pop. 3197; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. It is connected by a steamboat ferry with Granton, has an excellent harb., and important trade in shipping of coal and iron; has also a distillery, and large oil-works. On an eminence overlooking the harb. is the old castle (now modernised) of Rossend, and to the E. of the town is a small area of golfing links. The burgh unites with Kinghorn, Dysart, and Kirkcaldy in sending 1 member to Parliament.