Kilmany

Kilmany (Gaelic: Cille Mheinidh) is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland. It is located on the A92 between Auchtermuchty and the Tay Road Bridge.

For the Australian town, see Kilmany, Victoria.
Jim Clark memorial sculpture in Kilmany

It is notable for being the birthplace of Jim Clark, former world champion Formula One racing-car driver. There is a statue of Clark in the village, unveiled in 1997 by Sir Jackie Stewart.[1]

It was also the home of William Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany who served as Chairman of Ways and Means in the House of Commons from 1962–64 and later sat in the House of Lords after being made a life peer in 1966.[2]

Between 1909 and 1960, Kilmany had its own railway station on the Newburgh and North Fife Railway.[3]

The civil parish has a population of 218 (in 2011).[4]

Notable People

References
  1. "Kilmany". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  2. "Hansard: Sir William Anstruther-Gray".
  3. "Newburgh and North Fife Railway". RAILSCOT. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  4. Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930
  5. https://pacific.st-andrews.ac.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28AltRefNo%3D%27ms38799%27%29



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