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[[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]].
 
[[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]].
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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.<ref>''A Falkland Guide'', page 9.</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>
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'''See map:''' [[Map T]] (14); [[Map D]] (54)
 
'''See map:''' [[Map T]] (14); [[Map D]] (54)
  
==Buildings==
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'''what3words:''' [https://what3words.com/skis.prospers.bolsters ///skis.prospers.bolsters]
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==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]]
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*[[Arthur Place]]
 
*[[Arthur Place]]
 
*[[Ashgrove Cottage]]
 
*[[Ashgrove Cottage]]
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==West side==
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*[[Post Office (Cross Wynd)]] - since burnt down
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*[[Former houses in Cross Wynd]] - now demolished
  
 
==Further references==
 
==Further references==

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.

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