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"Rothes, vil., in par. and 1 mile W. of Markinch, Fife; has a papermill."
John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles 1887.
Glenrothes was designated one of Scotland's New Towns in 1948. It is built on land which was previously in Kinglassie, Leslie and Markinch parishes.
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Records of the former Glenrothes Development Corporation are held by Fife Council Archive Centre, Kirkcaldy. See Town Records below.
The National Collection of Aerial Photography website has photographs of Glenrothes taken in the 1940s.
| Glenrothes, Baptist |
| St Luke the Evangelist, Glenrothes, Scottish Episcopal Church |
| St Paul, Glenrothes, Roman Catholic |
| Registration district | number | start date | end date |
| Glenrothes | 433 | 1968 | 1971 |
| Glenrothes | 420 | 1972 | 2002 |
| Fife | 420 | 2003 |
Registration districts did not necessarily coincide exactly with parishes. In the 20th century especially, there were frequent changes in registration districts.
| Glenrothes town centre | Ordnance Survey Grid Reference | GPS | Post code | Lat. 56°11'44"N |
| NO 274009 | 56.195154 -3.171549 | KY7 5LN | Lon. 3°10'17"W |
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Glenrothes to another place.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NO269009 (Lat/Lon: 56.195141, -3.178997), Glenrothes which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
At the Fife Council Archive Centre, Kirkcaldy:
- GDC
Glenrothes Development Corporation
Records include minute books and reports, 1948-1995; housing records, 1948-1995; Legal Department records including papers relating to public local enquiry to hear objections to the creation of the new town, 1948; Board of Trade investigation into the Cadco scandal, 1963-1965; Marketing Department records including publications, promotional films and videos, 1957-1974; photographs of Glenrothes buildings, events, and people, 1948-1995; minutes of Glenrothes District Council, 1961-1974.