DUBBIESIDE, or Inverleven, a village, in the late
quoad sacra parish of Methill, parish of Markinch,
county of Fife, 6 miles (S. E.) from Markinch; containing
34S inhabitants. This village is pleasantly situated
on the western bank of the river Leven, near its
influx into the Firth of Forth, and is neatly and regularly
built, consisting of one principal street intersected at
right angles by two smaller streets. The inhabitants
are generally employed at their own houses in weaving
sheetings, dowlas, and towellings, for the manufacturers
in the neighbouring districts. The surrounding scenery
is of pleasing character, and the village is connected with
the town of Leven, on the opposite shore, by a handsome
suspension-bridge across the river. It contains a
meeting-house in connexion with the United Presbyterian
Synod.