Did You Know?
Adam Smith in Dunfermline
Did You Know..
..that Adam Smith is said to have shocked the good citizens of Dunfermline on the Sabbath?
In the Unexpected Appearance of Adam Smith, Dr Jean Barclay relates an incident where the famous philosopher and economist, Adam Smith, was found wandering about the streets of Dunfermline in a dressing gown and cap.
The Abbey Church
Did You Know..
…that Dunfermline’s new Abbey Church was nearly built south, not east, of the old nave?
In The New Abbey Church, Jean Barclay tells us how the church was very nearly built between the medieval nave and the fratery. Dunfermline would have looked very different had that plan gone ahead.
Cairneyhill Seminary for Young Ladies
Did you know…
..that the Cairneyhill Manse was once a seminary for young ladies?
Elaine Campbell tells the story of a notorious incident involving a local minister and the ladies of the seminary.
Black, Blue and Red Rows
Did you know..
..that Dunfermline once had a Black, a Blue and a Red Row?
Dr Jean Barclay describes some of the humbler streets in Nineteenth Century Dunfermline and their colourful inhabitants.
Burns and the Black Stool
Did you Know..
..that Robert Burns once rebuked his friend on the Abbey’s Black Stool?
Dr Jean Barclay tells the story of a visit by Burns to Dunfermline Abbey.