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Largo, par. and ry. sta., Fife, on Largo Bay, Firth of Forth, 3 miles NE. of Leven, 7386 ac., pop. 2234, 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday. The par. contains the rural vil. of Upper Largo (or Kirkton of Largo); P.O., T.O.; and the fishing vil. of Lower Largo, pop. (including Temple), 562; P.O.; in W. vicinity of Upper Largo is Largo House, seat, and a circular tower which formed part of the old castle inhabited by Admiral Sir Andrew Wood (1455-1539); Lower Largo was the birth-place of Alexander Selkirk (1676-1723), the prototype of "Robinson Crusoe," and a monument to his memory was erected there in 1885; 1 mile N. of Upper Largo is Largo Law, a conical hill, 948 ft. high; in Largo Bay, which stretches 6 miles across from Kincraig Point to Buckhaven, and penetrates 2 miles inland, line and salmon fishing is carried on.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Largo ScoP Fife ScoCnty |
| Place: | Largo |
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