Balbirnie, an estate, with a mansion, in Markinch parish, Fife. The mansion stands in a romantic hollow amid extensive grounds, ½ mile NW of Markinch village; was erected by the late General Balfour; and is an elegant edifice with an Ionic portico. The estate extends to the SW of Markinch village; and has there, on the banks of the river Leven, paper-mills, a woollen factory, extensive collieries, and a village called Balbirnie Mills. Pop. of the village conjointly with that of Anchmity (1871) 403, (1881) 436.
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