6-817: Valleyfield may refer to: Valleyfield, Fife , Scotland Valleyfield, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada Valleyfield, Prince Edward Island , a community in Prince Edward Island Salaberry-de-Valleyfield , Quebec, historically referred to in English as Valleyfield. Valleyfield (HBC vessel) , chartered by the Hudson's Bay Company from 1831–1843, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels See also [ edit ] Valleyfield Braves (disambiguation) HMCS Valleyfield (K329) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
12-529: A time. The Baronetcy of Valleyfield became dormant in 1873, following the death of the 9th Baron. By 1918, the estate had been abandoned by its owners, the East of Fife Coal Company, who had opened the Valleyfield Colliery in 1912. Valleyfield House was demolished in 1941. Preston Island by Low Valleyfield, now a peninsula as the result of the landfill of ash from nearby Longannet power station ,
18-507: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Valleyfield, Fife Valleyfield consists of High Valleyfield and Low Valleyfield which are neighbouring villages in Fife , Scotland, midway between Dunfermline and Kincardine-on-Forth . Low Valleyfield is on the shore of the Firth of Forth , High Valleyfield on the ridge immediately to
24-458: The north. The population of High Valleyfield was 2,940 in the 2001 Census ; separate figures for the smaller settlement of Low Valleyfield were not published. In 1801, merchant and politician Sir Robert 'Floating Bob' Preston, 6th Baronet , commissioned the English landscape architect, Sir Humphry Repton , to design a parkland setting for his classical mansion, Valleyfield House. Botanist David Douglas worked there as an apprentice gardener for
30-429: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valleyfield&oldid=1042205721 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-407: Was the site of coal mining and major salt works from the 17th century onwards. High Valleyfield was a mining village linked to the nearby Valleyfield Colliery which opened in 1908 and closed in 1978. The workings at Valleyfield connected to those at Longannet coal mine to the west, and under the Firth of Forth to those at Bo'ness on the south bank opposite. On 28 October 1939, an explosion at
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