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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
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Revision as of 12:54, 5 January 2022

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.

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)

Buildings

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

(Horsemarket is here)

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