Newburgh

Lindores Abbey

Newburgh, near the banks of the Tay, once had a thriving weaving industry and was a popular salmon fishing area. Most of the local industry vanished with the onset of industrialisation, and the main industry until the 1970's was linoleum manufacture.

Lindores Abbey founded in 1178 by David, Earl of Huntingdon, is now just scattered ruins - a victim of John Knox and the Reformation. The monks who lived at the abbey were know for their fruit growing and supplied the nearby Falkland Palace with apples and pears.

William Wallace is known to have celebrated in the Abbey after his victory at Black Earnside. Edward I also held court here and a number of Scottish lords swore allegiance to him at the abbey.

Marriage lintel above a doorway Boats moored near the reed beds on the River Tay

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife and is Chancellor of Fife's Adam Smith College.