Hill of Beath
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| 240px Keirs Park, home of Hill of Beath Hawthorn |
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 Hill of Beath
Hill of Beath shown within Fife |
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| OS grid reference | NT160916 |
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| Council area | Fife |
| Lieutenancy area | Fife |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | COWDENBEATH |
| Postcode district | KY4 8, KY4 9 |
| Dialling code | 01383 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath |
| Scottish Parliament | Cowdenbeath |
| Mid Scotland and Fife | |
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Hill of Beath (Audio file "Hill of Beath.ogg" not found; Hill o Beath in Scots) is a hill and a village in Fife, Scotland just outside Dunfermline and joined to Cowdenbeath.
The Hill of Beath was the location of a celebrated meeting of the Covenanters at which John Blackadder was one of the preachers.[1] At that meeting, held in the summer of 1670 during the height of the struggle against episcopal rule, the Covenanters brought swords and pistols to defend themselves against attack.[2]
The village at this location was built and owned by the Fife Coal Company, which rented the cottages to the miners for the duration of their employment in the mine. In 1896 the village population was about 1,300. As an experiment, a public house was started in June 1896 using the Gothenburg system, with any profits to be used for public works. An initial report suggested it was helping to reduce drunkenness despite the ease of access to public houses in nearby Crossgates.[3] In February 1901 an underground fire killed seven men.[4] Accidents, often fatal, were frequent in the years that followed.[5]
Hill of Beath is the birthplace of Rangers F.C. legend Jim Baxter and Scotland captain Willie Cunningham and the home town of Celtic F.C. midfielder Scott Brown.
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Jim Baxter statue Hill Of Beath.jpg
Statue of Jim Baxter
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Housing and Hill o' Beath - geograph.org.uk - 739504.jpg
A mixture of housing, public and private, looking towards Hill o' Beath
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Hawthorn Crescent - geograph.org.uk - 48738.jpg
Hawthorn Crescent, Hill of Beath. The 'Hill' of Beath in the background
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Hill of Beath village from Cuttlehill road, just East of farm - geograph.org.uk - 42983.jpg
Hill of Beath village from Cuttlehill road, just East of farm. Horizon shows the hill of "Hill of Beath" rising right to left. A92 West Fife link road (dual carriageway) in foreground.
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Woodland, Hill of Beath - geograph.org.uk - 1385526.jpg
Woods planted on a restored open cast mining site.
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Leaving Crossgates Hill of Beath ahead - geograph.org.uk - 42978.jpg
B981 towards Cowdenbeath, situated over dual carriageway (A92) just short of bridge over railway. Hill of Beath ahead
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