Crombie, Fife

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56°02′56″N 3°31′40″W / 56.04889°N 3.52778°W / 56.04889; -3.52778

Crombie is a village in the civil parish of Torryburn, in southwest Fife, Scotland. The village is on the A985 road 3 miles (5 km) west of Dunfermline and is to the south of Cairneyhill, and north-west of Charlestown.[1] On the southern side of the village is Defence Munitions Crombie, a military munitions depot and pier on the upper Firth of Forth.[2]

Geography and community facilities

It comprises around 200 houses, a community center and garden.[3][4][5] There is a local residents association.[5]

The Fife Coastal Path goes through the village.[6][7]

History

The former parish of Crombie was united with Torryburn in 1622.[1] The old parish church, to the west of the present village, is now a ruined scheduled monument.[8][9] Parts of the old church date to the 13th century.[8]

Pitliver House is a Category B listed country house and estate to the east of the village.[10]

In the late 18th century, two homes were erected at Crombie Point, by the Forth. These are now Category C and Category B listed.[11][12]

In the First World War, an anti-aircraft battery was erected at Crombie.[9] A wooden church was built in Crombie in the 1920s by the Admiralty.[7][13] Crombie Primary School was built in 1925.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Crombie from The Gazetteer for Scotland". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  2. ^ Mackintosh, Duncan. "Ports.org.uk / Crombie Pier". Ports.org.uk / Introduction. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Crombie Community Centre". Fife Council. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Crombie Community Garden". Social Farms & Gardens. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Crombie Residents' Association". Climate and Nature Friendly Communities Network. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Kincardine to Limekilns". Fife Coast & Countryside Trust. 15 October 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  7. ^ a b Brown, Hamish (3 August 2021). Exploring the Fife Coastal Path. London: Birlinn. ISBN 978-1-78885-448-1.
  8. ^ a b "Crombie Old Parish Church,Craigflower Estate,Torryburn (SM5651)". Home. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Crombie Old Parish Church". trove.scot. 30 March 1928. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  10. ^ "PITLIVER HOUSE INCLUDING ESTATE SQUARE, TENNIS PAVILION, POLO STABLES, GARDEN WALLS AND GATEPIERS (LB3757)". Home. 1 July 1948. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  11. ^ "CROMBIE POINT HOUSE (LB16646)". Home. 1 July 1948. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  12. ^ "'VIEWFORTH' CROMBIE POINT (LB16647)". Home. 1 July 1948. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  13. ^ a b "Crombie Community". Crombie Community. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
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