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'''Cross Wynd''' runs from north to south, at right angles to the [[High Street]], It starts at [[High Street]], continues to a cross-roads separating [[Brunton Street]] and [[Horsemarket]] and ends at [[Back Dykes]].
[[File:Canmore image SC01589251.jpg|thumb|Cross Wynd in 1960 (Canmore image SC01589251)]]'''Cross Wynd''' runs from north to south, at right angles to the [[High Street]], It starts at [[High Street]], continues to a cross-roads separating [[Brunton Street]] and [[Horsemarket]] and ends at [[Back Dykes]].
Much of the west side of Cross Wynd was demolished to form [[Brunton Green]].
Much of the west side of Cross Wynd was demolished to form [[Brunton Green]] and a car park.


"In Cross Wynd ... harled C17 and C18 houses, one with a round-headed blind window in the chimney gablet<ref>The Corrie</ref>, another dated 1686<ref>The Corrie (southern extension)</ref> and a third dated 1764<ref>Cobblestones</ref>."<ref>[[Gifford, Fife]], page 220.</ref>
Until the drainage works in 1901, a burn ran down the centre of the Wynd, bringing yellow sand from the hill. Housewives would bring their pots and pans here to wash and scour them.<ref>''A Falkland Guide'', page 9.</ref>


==Buildings==
'''See map:''' [[Map T]] (14); [[Map D]] (54)
 
'''what3words:''' [https://what3words.com/skis.prospers.bolsters ///skis.prospers.bolsters]
 
==East side==
From north to south, the houses on the east side are:
From north to south, the houses on the east side are:
*[[Seton House]]
*[[Seton House]]
*[[Bonnie Boo Kids]]
*[[The Corrie]] (incorporating Bonnie Boo Kids)
*[[The Corrie]]
*[[Cobblestones]]
*[[Cobblestones]]
*[[Hair@The Wynd]]
*"[[House (Mrs Lilias Chisholm), Cross Wynd]]" (not identified)
*[[The Wynd]]
*[[Wynd Cottage]] (1 Parliament Square)
*[[Wynd Cottage]] (1 Parliament Square)
*[[2 Parliament Square]]
*[[2 Parliament Square]]
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*[[Arthur Place]]
*[[Arthur Place]]
*[[Ashgrove Cottage]]
*[[Ashgrove Cottage]]
==West side==
*[[Post Office (Cross Wynd)]] - since burnt down
*[[Former houses in Cross Wynd]] - now demolished
==Further references==
"In Cross Wynd ... harled C17 and C18 houses, one [The Corrie] with a round-headed blind window in the chimney gablet, another [The Corrie (southern extension)] dated 1686 and a third [Cobblestones] dated 1764."<ref>[[Gifford, Fife]], page 220.</ref>
==Notes==
==Notes==
<references />
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==Gallery==
==Further images==
<gallery mode=packed>[Click on a thumbnail to see an enlarged image]
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Wynd_Cottage.JPG|[[Wynd Cottage]]
File:Cross Wynd houses before demolition 1954.PNG|Houses on the west side, 1954 prior to demolition
File:Cross Wynd houses before demolition 1954.PNG|Houses on the west side, 1954 prior to demolition
File:Cross Wynd 2.jpeg|Northern end of Cross Wynd
File:Cross Wynd.JPG|Another view
File:Cross Wynd2.JPG|Another view
</gallery>
</gallery>
[[Category:Streets]]
 
[[Category:Streets and roads]]
[[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]]
[[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]]
[[Category:Royal Burgh of Falkland]]
[[Category:Royal Burgh of Falkland]]

Latest revision as of 17:22, 8 February 2024

Cross Wynd in 1960 (Canmore image SC01589251)

Cross Wynd runs from north to south, at right angles to the High Street, It starts at High Street, continues to a cross-roads separating Brunton Street and Horsemarket and ends at Back Dykes.

Much of the west side of Cross Wynd was demolished to form Brunton Green and a car park.

Until the drainage works in 1901, a burn ran down the centre of the Wynd, bringing yellow sand from the hill. Housewives would bring their pots and pans here to wash and scour them.[1]

See map: Map T (14); Map D (54)

what3words: ///skis.prospers.bolsters

East side

From north to south, the houses on the east side are:

(Horsemarket is here)

West side

Further references

"In Cross Wynd ... harled C17 and C18 houses, one [The Corrie] with a round-headed blind window in the chimney gablet, another [The Corrie (southern extension)] dated 1686 and a third [Cobblestones] dated 1764."[2]

Notes

  1. A Falkland Guide, page 9.
  2. Gifford, Fife, page 220.

Further images