Lochgelly, Fife

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Lochgelly is a town in Fife

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Lochgelly within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Lochgelly in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Lochgelly, town and quoad sacra par. with ry. sta., partly in Ballingry par., but chiefly in Auchterderran par., Fife, ½ mile NW. of Loch Gelly, and 7½ miles NE. of Dunfermline - par., pop. 3190; town, pop. 2601; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; Lochgelly is a police burgh, and owes its prosperity to its collieries and ironworks; between the town and the loch is Lochgelly House, seat of the Earl of Miato.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Gelly, Loch, ½ mile SE. of Lochgelly, Fifeshire.

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