Windygates is a small village and surrounding district in central
Fife
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...
, Scotland.
The district encompasses the following villages, farms and estates; Wellsgreen Farm, Little Lun Farm, Woodbank Farm, The Maw (a former mining community on the Standing Stane Road), Cameron Farm, Isabella (an abandoned mine), Smithyhill,
Cameron Bridge
Cameron Bridge is a village in the conurbation of Levenmouth in Fife, Scotland. It is near to the village of Windygates and west of the town of Leven. A distillery was established in the 19th century by the Haig family, which is now part of Diag ...
, Bridgend, Durie Estate, Duniface Farm, Haughmill (a former weaving community), Drumcaldie, The Meetings (confluence of rivers
Leven Leven may refer to:
People
* Leven (name), list of people with the name
Nobility
* Earl of Leven a title in the Peerage of Scotland
Placenames
* Leven, Fife
Leven ( gd, Inbhir Lìobhann) is a seaside town in Fife, set in the east Central ...
and Ore), Bankhead of Balcurvie Farm, Fernhill, Fernbank (both former farms),
Balcurvie
Balcurvie is a Scottish rural hamlet located within the Windygates
Windygates is a small village and surrounding district in central Fife, Scotland.
The district encompasses the following villages, farms and estates; Wellsgreen Farm, Little ...
village (a former weaving community), Little Balcurvie (now known as the small holdings), Hawthorn Bank, Kennowayburns and Windygates village itself.
Housing demands of the 20th century brought all of these, almost forgotten identities, together into a district now commonly known as Windygates.
Windygates is off the
A911, west of its sister village
Milton of Balgonie
Milton of Balgonie () is a small village in central Fife, Scotland. It is situated east of Glenrothes between the nearby villages of Markinch and Coaltown of Balgonie to the west and Windygates to the east. Nearby attractions include Balgonie Cas ...
, north of Kirkcaldy on the
A915 and south of Kennoway on the
A916.
The Windygates Hotel at the village cross was originally a coaching inn, and there were toll gates at the cross until the late 19th century, when the village grew to accommodate the nearby
Cameron Bridge
Cameron Bridge is a village in the conurbation of Levenmouth in Fife, Scotland. It is near to the village of Windygates and west of the town of Leven. A distillery was established in the 19th century by the Haig family, which is now part of Diag ...
distillery.
Famous residents
Historian
Gordon Donaldson
Gordon Donaldson, (13 April 1913 – 16 March 1993) was a Scottish historian.
Life
He was born in a tenement at 140 McDonald RoadEdinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory, 1912 off Leith Walk in northern Edinburgh on 13 April 1913 the so ...
lived his final years in Windygates and died there.
References
Sources
Scottish Places
External links
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Villages in Fife
Levenmouth