Kingseat Explained

Country:Scotland
Official Name:Kingseat
Population Ref:
Coordinates:56.0974°N -3.4077°W
Map Type:Scotland
Unitary Scotland:Fife
Static Image Name:The Halfway House Hotel. - geograph.org.uk - 83404.jpg
Static Image Caption:Halfway House Hotel in the centre of the village

Kingseat is a village in Fife, Scotland, approximately northeast of Dunfermline. It was originally a coal mining village with the first pits sunk in the area in the mid 1800s.[1] The name of the village is thought locally to have originated from when the king would visit the area[2] to look out onto the River Forth and to Arthur's Seat.[3]

Amenities

The village has a public park which includes a play area and a football pitch.[4] There is also a Community Leisure Centre,[5] a bowling club,[6] a cattery, and formerly a shop with a post office.[7]

There used to be a hotel in the centre of the village, The Halfway House, but it closed unexpectedly in early 2015.[8] The building was demolished in November 2020.[9]

The village does not have its own primary school and instead falls under the catchment area for Townhill Primary School.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home. kingseat.info. 27 January 2017 . 10 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231210054905/https://kingseat.info/ . dead.
  2. Web site: Fife Place-name Data :: Kingseat. fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk . 21 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230921193424/https://fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/placename/?id=473 . live.
  3. Book: Pitcairn. Sheila. History of the Old "Fitpaths"and Streets of Dunfermline, Then and Now, Also Crossford, Halbeath, Rosyth, Townhill & Wellwood. 2000. Pitcairn Publications. Dunfermline. 449.
  4. Web site: Kingseat Public Park. www.fifedirect.org.uk. 2 February 2017 . 3 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170203081321/https://www.fifedirect.org.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&facid=B0898F7F-B121-000B-70E4D15EDBE0AC00 . dead.
  5. Web site: Kingseat Community Leisure Centre. www.fifedirect.org.uk. 2 February 2017 . 3 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170203081207/http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&facid=30D8D81C-0E58-427D-BCE25587822E77AA . dead.
  6. Web site: Kingseat Bowling Club. bowlsclub.org. 2 February 2017 . 30 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230530202856/https://bowlsclub.org/club/3746/ . live.
  7. Web site: Businesses in Kingseat. www.kingseat.info. 2 February 2017 . 15 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223102/http://www.kingseat.info/local_businesses.html . dead.
  8. Web site: Villagers uncertain over Kingseat hotel’s future. Dunfermline Press. 2 February 2017. en . 2 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190402194757/https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/13519011.Villagers_uncertain_over_Kingseat_hotel_rsquo_s_future/ . live.
  9. Web site: End of an era as hotel comes down . Dunfermline Press . 26 November 2020 . en . 1 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201201055105/https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/18887225.end-era-demolition-starts-halfway-house-hotel-kingseat/ . live.
  10. Web site: Townhill Primary School. fifedirect.org.uk. 27 January 2017 . 3 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170203081057/http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&facid=246B0996-3FF1-464B-87A4E0EDC52D8AF6 . dead.

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