Saline, Fife

Saline is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland, situated 5 miles (8.0 km) to the north-west of Dunfermline. It lies in an elevated position on the western slopes of the Cleish Hills.

Saline
Saline
Location within Fife
Population1,188 2001 Census
OS grid referenceNT022924
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

At the 2001 Census the population was 1188, a decline from the 1235 recorded in the 1991 Census. The village has a primary school, a parish church and a golf course. The glen runs from the bottom of the main street through to neighbouring Steelend.

The civil parish has a population of 1,762 (in 2011)[1] and an area of 8,757 acres.[2]

Formerly a weaving centre, Saline was not much redeveloped during the 19th and 20th centuries as the expansion of industrial mining in west Fife largely passed it by. As a result, Saline contains a sizable number of listed buildings, mostly 18th century weavers' cottages.

The village is dominated to the east-north-east by Saline Hill, 359 meters OD, with a hill fort on the eastern summit. The smaller hill to the south of east at Bandrum has a standing stone on the peak.

Saline Primary School and its "Sitooterie" in the snow

Famous Residents

Thomas Bonnar (1821-1862) the Edinburgh architect was born here.[3]

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References
  1. Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930
  2. Gazetteer of Scotland, publ, by W & AK Johnston, Edinburgh, 1937. Article on Saline. Places are presented alphabetically
  3. "Thomas Bonnar". www.scottisharchitects.org.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2017.



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