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Glenrothes history
Toponymy
Rothes comes from association with the Earl of Rothes, of the Leslie family from Northeast Scotland . This family historically owned much of the land on which Glenrothes has been built, and gave its name to the adjacent village of Leslie . “Glen” (from the Scottish Gaelic word gleann meaning valley) was added to prevent confusion with Rothes in Moray, and to reflect the location of the town within the River Leven valley .
Glenrothes new town
Glenrothes was designated in 1948 under the New Towns Act 1946 as Scotland’s second post-war new town . The planning, development, management and promotion of the new town was the responsibility of a quango appointed by the Secretary of State for Scotland . The corporation board consisted of eight members including a chairman and deputy chairman .
Industrial heritage
Before Glenrothes was developed, the main industries in the area were papermaking, coal mining and farming . The papermills established along the banks of the River Leven which provided energy to power their operations .
Cadco Scandal
Cadco Development Ltd announced they were bringing 2,000 jobs to Glenrothes in 1963 . They were going to take three factories on the Queensway Industrial Estate; open pig breeding units at Whitehill; and build a supermarket in the town centre .
Silicon Glen
Glenrothes was appointed as an economic focal point for Central Scotland as part of a Regional Plan for economic growth and development . The town also replaced Cupar as the HQ of Fife Regional Council in the 1970s .
Post-Glenrothes Development Corporation
Glenrothes continues to serve as Fife’s principal administrative centre and serves a wider sub-regional area as a major centre for services and employment . By 1995 the GDC had left a lasting legacy on the town by overseeing the development of over 15,000 houses, 5,174,125 square feet of industrial floorspace .
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