Carnock
 

Approaching Carnock from the west. The school is on the left just in front of the church. carnock.jpg (224002 bytes) The village is situated in Carnock Parish and on the Carnock Burn. It lies to the north west of Dunfermline.

From "History of Carnock"
bulletnew school built in 1865/66
bulletlocal teacher from 1877 to 1902 was Henry Anderson

From "History of Dunfermline"

bulletname Carnock comes from Caer = camp or fort, Knock = hill on which camp built
bulletold church built 1602 by Sir George Bruce
bulletfamous people from Carnock, Sir George Erskine and Rev John Row.

The existing church was built circa 1840.

Carnock Church  carnock_church.jpg (207673 bytes)
The Old Inn, Carnock. carnock_old_inn.jpg (132744 bytes)
 
All photographs taken 28th October, 2003 - (AG)
 

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