Dalgety Bay

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Coordinates: 56°02′35″N 3°22′03″W / 56.04295°N 3.36755°W / 56.04295; -3.36755

Dalgety Bay
Dalgety Bay shown within Scotland
Population	9,884 ^[1]
OS grid reference	NT149841
Council area	Fife
Lieutenancy area	Fife
Constituent country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KIRKCALDY
Postcode district	KY11
Dialling code	01383
Police	Fife
Fire	Fife
Ambulance	Scottish
European Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Scottish Parliament	Kirkcaldy Mid Scotland and Fife
List of places: UK • Scotland

Dalgety Bay, a coastal town in Fife, Scotland, stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. According to the 2006 estimate, the town is home to 9,844, making this the eighth-largest place in Fife. ^[1] The bay was named after the original village of Dalgety, but the ruins of the 12th century St. Bridget's Kirk are all that now mark the site. The new town, which was built in 1962, takes its name from the main bay it adjoins, but the town stretches over many bays and coves including Donibristle Bay and St David's Bay.

Today, Dalgety Bay functions largely as a dormitory suburb of Edinburgh and to the rest of Fife. The architecture of the town reflects construction by volume housebuilders, however the town is a regular winner of best kept small town. Its rise in population mirroring its rise in popularity as a coastal commuter town.^{[citation needed]}.

1 History
2 Famous Villagers
3 References
4 External links

History

Dalgety Bay began life as the village of Dalgety, which was built on the site of the 12th century St Bridget's Kirk. The land surrounding the town was part of the estate owned by the Earls of Moray who built Donibristle House as their residence. Towards the end of the 18th century, the village was removed from the order of the Earls of Moray. ^[2] During World War I Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray donated a portion of his land to the Crown, which built an airfield there in 1917 as a base for the Royal Naval Air Service. The Royal Naval Air Service improved and expanded the aerodrome during World War II as HMS Merlin, an aircraft repair yard, and constructed an extensive aircraft maintenance facility there.

The modern town of Dalgety Bay was built around 1962 as Scotland's first "enterprise town" on land of the airstrip and much of the remaining ground of the Earls of Moray family seat, Donibristle House. ^[3] Named after the neighbouring small bay in the Forth Estuary, the town stretches across many bays and coves including Donibristle Bay and St David's Bay. Nowadays, Dalgety Bay is viewed as a dormitory town for Edinburgh. Its unique view of the forth estuary, comparatively low crime rate, and proximity to Edinburgh is causing a rise in immigration.