Museums, archives and heritage in Fife

Fife (or Fifeshire), maritime county in E. of Scotland; is bounded N. by the Firth of Tay, E. by the North Sea, S. by the Firth of Forth, and W. by the counties of Perth, Kinross, and Clackmannan; greatest length, 43 miles; greatest breadth, 18 miles; area, 314,952 acres, population 171,931. Fife forms the peninsula … Read more

Museums, archives and heritage in Edinburgh

Edinburgh, ancient capital of Scotland, parliamentary and royal burgh, and county town of Mid-Lothian, 1½ mile from its seaport Leith on S. shore of Firth of Forth, 42 E. of Glasgow, and 3961 N. of London by East Coast route – parliamentary and municipal burgh, 17,028 acres, population 236,032. Edinburgh is one of the most … Read more