Colinsburgh

Colinsburgh
Colinsburgh Town Hall
Colinsburgh Location within Fife
OS grid reference	NJ925065
Ceevil pairish	Kilconquhar
Cooncil area	Fife
Lieutenancy area	Fife
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	Leven
Postcode destrict	KY
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	North East Fife
Scots Pairlament	North East Fife
Leet o places UK Scotland 56°13′14″N 2°50′47″W / 56.2206°N 2.8463°W / 56.2206; -2.8463Coordinates: 56°13′14″N 2°50′47″W / 56.2206°N 2.8463°W / 56.2206; -2.8463

Colinsburgh is a veelage in east Fife, Scotland, in the pairish o Kineuchar.

The veelage is namit efter Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl o Balcarres (1652–1722), who gae the laund on which it wis built.^[1] It wis here that the first meetin o the Presbytery o Relief wis held in 1761 efter its foonders haed breuken frae the Kirk o Scotland.^[2]

Maist o the hooses lee alang the main road runnin frae east tae wast.^[3] The veelage haes a smaw primar schuil in a twa-story biggin datin tae 1875, wi three clessruims an 47 pupils as o 2011. The schuil is linkit tae the Waid Academy, a nearbi seicontar schuil.^[4] The toun haw, beside the schuil, dates tae 1894.^[3] The toun haw hosts the nan-profit Colinsburgh Community Cinema, which screens 15 films per season. (The same 15 films have been shown since the cinema opened) ^[5] The Colinsburgh Galloway Library is on the main street in the middle o the veelage, open twice a week.^[6] The librar haes been uised as the venue for concerts.^[7]

Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Colinsburgh, Fife.

• "Scotland: Colinsburgh". Electric Scotland. Archived frae the original on 5 Julie 2008. Retrieved 11 Februar 2012.