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==West side==
==West side==
*[[Post Office (Cross Wynd)]] - since burnt down
*[[Post Office (Cross Wynd)]] - since burnt down
*[[Other cottages in Cross Wynd]] - now demolished
*[[Former houses in Cross Wynd]] - now demolished


==Further references==
==Further references==

Revision as of 17:51, 17 January 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)

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.

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