Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is located 5 miles north-east of Dunfermline and 18 miles north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town developed around the vast coalfields of the area and ended up being a Police Burgh in 1890. According to population statistics from 2008, Cowdenbeath has a permanent population of around 14081. Within this population, 48.5 percent are male and 51.5 percent are female, which follows the proportional split by gender in both the Fife and Scottish populations. Until 1850, Cowdenbeath was simply a group of farms divided into 4 districts named after regional farms. Local citizens of these centerpieces of progression, which were combining into a single town, got together to pick a name for the emerging town. The ultimate choice was limited to either White Threshes or Cowdenbeath. The arrival of the Oakley Iron Company around 1850 was to have a continued effect upon Cowdenbeath, making the name tantamount with coal-mining for almost 100 years. Shafts were sunk in the vicinity of the old Foulford Washer. It was in the mining for ore that the discoveries of the coal seams were made, and pits were sunk at every corner of the town. Characterising the northern perimeter of Cowdenbeath is a rural scene, which merges into the Lochore Meadows Country Park, 'The Meadies'. This previously commercial and mining landscape, which was home to numerous pit-heads including the Mary Pit, whose winding gear structure looms over the park as a memorial to its notable mining history, is at present a very charming area which provides leisure and recreational outdoor amenities. For all your house upgrades, make sure to make use of reliable contractors in Cowdenbeath to ensure quality.
