HALBEATH, a village, in the parish of Dunfermline and district of
Dunfermline, county of Fife, 3 miles (N. E.) from the
town of Dunfermline; containing 46 1 inhabitants. This
village is inhabited chiefly by persons employed in the
extensive colliery in the neighbourhood, the produce of
which is conveyed to the port of Inverkeithing, where it
is shipped.