Pathhead
Pathhead is a location of Kirkcaldy, in Fife, Scotland. Pathhead was an independent town before it was incorporated into the Royal burgh of Kirkcaldy. In Jan Blaeu's map of Scotland from the 17th century recommendation is made to the town of Peth-heed, present day Pathhead. With the Firth of Forth to the south, Kirkcaldy to the 'west', Dysart to the east, as well as Gallatown, Sinclairtown and Dunnikier to the north. The town houses the historic Ravenscraig Castle commissioned by James II in 1460; most of the former premises of the Nairn's Linoleum Factories; and, the Manse in which both O. Douglas and also John Buchan matured. It watches out over the disregarded Pathhead Sands, as well as sector today is centred on Hutchison's Flour Mill and also the Forbo-Nairn Plant. The historical centre of Pathhead is a triad of roads running parallel with the shore: Nether Street, Mid Street and also what used to be Back Street, now Commercial Street. Water was supplied from wells at either end of Mid Road as well as vibrant commerce was centred on the Pathhead and Sinclairtown Reform Co-operative Society of present-day Branning Court, which was established in 1914.
