Pathhead
Pathhead is an area of Kirkcaldy, in Fife, Scotland. Pathhead was an independent village prior to it was integrated into the Royal burgh of Kirkcaldy. In Jan Blaeu's map of Scotland from the 17th century referral is made to the village of Peth-heed, present day Pathhead. With the Firth of Forth to the south, Kirkcaldy to the 'west', Dysart to the eastern, and Gallatown, Sinclairtown as well as Dunnikier to the north. The town houses the historical Ravenscraig Castle appointed by James II in 1460; a lot of the previous premises of the Nairn's Linoleum Factories; and, the Manse in which both O. Douglas and John Buchan matured. It watches out over the ignored Pathhead Sands, and industry today is centred on Hutchison's Flour Mill and the Forbo-Nairn Plant. The historical centre of Pathhead is a trio of roads running parallel with the coast: Nether Street, Mid Street as well as what made use of to be Back Street, now Commercial Street. Water was provided from wells at either end of Mid Road and dynamic commerce was centred on the Pathhead and Sinclairtown Reform Co-operative Society of contemporary Branning Court, which was developed in 1914.
