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Brythonic was the language of the Britons who inhabited British kingdoms such as Gododdin in the Lothian area in the sixth century AD. The fort may have been on the site of Ravenscraig Castle. The name occurs as 'Kircalathin' in The town was first established as a burgh of barony in , under the control of the monastery of Dunfermline. In , the monastery relinquished its interest and it became a royal burgh soon after. In the census, the population of the royal burgh was 5,, but the population of the parliamentary burgh, which included the suburbs, was 10, Kirkcaldy is also known as 'the lang toun' because it is a long, narrow settlement with a main road extending parallel with the coastline.
In the main part of the town there is a grid pattern of streets between this main road and the coast sheet 4. By the mid-nineteenth century, Kirkcaldy had merged with the suburbs or former villages of Pathhead and Sinclairtown to the north and Linktown and Bridgetown to the south.
The harbour lay to the north end of the main part of the town sheet 3. The railway, which ran along the inland side of the town, had a branch line down to the harbour.
There were stations at Kirkcaldy itself and at Sinclairtown. In , Fife was the council area with the 12th highest standardised death rate. Between and , 2 councils saw a decrease in standardised death rate and 30 councils saw an increase.
Between and , both female and male deaths registered in Fife have increased in number. In , a lower number of female 2, than male 2, deaths were registered. In comparison to , the number of female deaths registered in Fife in was 6. At Scotland level, the number of female deaths registered in was 5.
In , the 85 to 89 age group saw the highest number of total deaths and the 5 to 9 age group saw the fewest 0. For females, the most common age group was 85 to 89 and for males, the most common age group was 75 to 79 The following leading cause of death analysis is based on a list of causes developed by the World Health Organisation WHO. There are around 60 categories in total and cancers are grouped separately according to the type of cancer, for example, lung, breast and prostate cancer are all counted as separate causes.
If all cancers were grouped together, cancer would be the leading cause of death. In Fife, the leading cause of death for males in was ischaemic heart diseases In Scotland overall, the leading cause of death for males was also ischaemic heart diseases Fife Council Area Profile. View Source Table. On the Population HUB website you can find out the number of people in any of the regions of the Earth. Population HUB - this is an accessible statistics of the population of the country, city and any other region.
Fast site work and constantly updated data. Thank you for choosing the Population HUB. Population of Kirkcaldy The population in Kirkcaldy for is 4 Population - Kirkcaldy 4 people.
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