Crombie, Fife

Crombie is a village in the civil parish of Torryburn, in southwest Fife, Scotland. The village is on the A985 road 3 miles west of Dunfermline and is to the south of Cairneyhill, and north-west of Charlestown. On the southern side of the village is Defence Munitions Crombie, a military munitions depot and pier on the upper Firth of Forth.

Geography and community facilities

It comprises around 200 houses, a community center and garden. There is a local residents association.
The Fife Coastal Path goes through the village.

History

The former parish of Crombie was united with Torryburn in 1622. The old parish church, to the west of the present village, is now a ruined scheduled monument. Parts of the old church date to the 13th century.
Pitliver House is a Category B listed country house and estate to the east of the village.
In the late 18th century, two homes were erected at Crombie Point, by the Forth. These are now Category C and Category B listed.
In the First World War, an anti-aircraft battery was erected at Crombie. A wooden church was built in Crombie in the 1920s by the Admiralty. Crombie Primary School was built in 1925.