|
Hill of Beath (; ''Hill o Beath'' in Scots) is a hill and a village in Fife, Scotland just outside Dunfermline and joined to Cowdenbeath. The Hill of Beath was the location of a celebrated meeting of the Covenanters at which John Blackadder was one of the preachers. At that meeting, held in the summer of 1670 during the height of the struggle against episcopal rule, the Covenanters brought swords and pistols to defend themselves against attack. The village at this location was built and owned by the Fife Coal Company, which rented the cottages to the miners for the duration of their employment in the mine. In 1896 the village population was about 1,300. As an experiment, a public house was started in June 1896 using the Gothenburg system, with any profits to be used for public works. An initial report suggested it was helping to reduce drunkenness despite the ease of access to public houses in nearby Crossgates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hill of Beath Tavern )〕 In February 1901 an underground fire killed seven men.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hill of Beath 15th February 1901 )〕 Accidents, often fatal, were frequent in the years that followed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Beath Parish: Accidents 1901 to 1914 )〕 Hill of Beath is the birthplace of Rangers F.C. legend Jim Baxter and Scotland captain Willie Cunningham and the home town of Celtic F.C. midfielder Scott Brown. File:Jim Baxter statue Hill Of Beath.jpg|Statue of Jim Baxter File:Housing and Hill o' Beath - geograph.org.uk - 739504.jpg|A mixture of housing, public and private, looking towards Hill o' Beath File:Hawthorn Crescent - geograph.org.uk - 48738.jpg|Hawthorn Crescent, Hill of Beath. The 'Hill' of Beath in the background File:Hill of Beath village from Cuttlehill road, just East of farm - geograph.org.uk - 42983.jpg|Hill of Beath village from Cuttlehill road, just East of farm. Horizon shows the hill of "Hill of Beath" rising right to left. A92 West Fife link road (dual carriageway) in foreground. File:Woodland, Hill of Beath - geograph.org.uk - 1385526.jpg|Woods planted on a restored open cast mining site. File:Leaving Crossgates Hill of Beath ahead - geograph.org.uk - 42978.jpg|B981 towards Cowdenbeath, situated over dual carriageway (A92) just short of bridge over railway. Hill of Beath ahead ==See also== * Hill of Beath Hawthorn F.C. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hill of Beath」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|