Crosshill, Fife
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Crosshill is a village in
Fife Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council areas of Scotland, council area and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the s ...
, Scotland, situated just south of
Lochore Lochore is a former mining village in Fife, Scotland. It takes its name from the nearby Loch Ore. It is largely joined to the adjacent villages of Ballingry to the north and Crosshill to the south. Education Most of the children in Lochore go ...
and east of Loch Ore.


History

Crosshill was the site of a murder committed by one of
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's youngest offenders. Nicolle Early, aged 16 at the time, killed Ann Gray in her Crosshill home on 14 November 2008.


Notable residents

* Richard Jobson


Sport

Crosshill is home to the
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club Lochore Welfare, who compete in the .


References

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