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Scoonie is a parish in Fife, Scotland containing the town of Leven. It is bordered on the north by the parishes of Kettle and Ceres, on the east by the parish of Largo, on the south by the parishes of Markinch and Wemyss, and on the west by the parishes of Markinch and Kennoway. It extends about 4 ½ miles north to south. Its width varies between 5/8 miles and 2¾ miles. Area 4286 acres. The parish is on the coast of the Firth of Forth, with a coastline of about 1½ miles〔Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, by Frances Groome, 1882-4〕 The River Leven forms the southern boundary of the parish, flowing into Largo Bay. The surface rises gradually northward to 600 feet near Kilmux Wood.〔 In 1951 the population of the parish was 9,518 〔Vision of Britain web site http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10017208/cube/TOT_POP accessed 21 April 2015〕 The old parish church is now a ruin lying in the centre of the burial ground.〔 It was constructed in the twelfth century and all that remains is a roofless structure which may have been the session house or vestry of the church.〔Places of Worship in Scotland http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/places/region/Fife/parish/Scoonie extracted 21 April 2014〕 Civil parishes in Scotland, as units of local government, were abolished in 1929 〔Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929〕 but have been used later for census purposes. The ecclesiastic parish is now named Leven 〔Presbytery of Kirkcaldy http://www.presbyteryofkirkcaldy.org.uk/ extract 21 April 2014〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scoonie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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