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| | Historical perspective for Liff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | The original parish of Liff comprehended most of the site of Lochee; the parish of Logie comprised a portion of Dundee burgh, and was united to Liff before the middle of the 17th century; the parish of Invergowrie was annexed as early as Logie, or earlier; and the parish of Benvie was annexed in 1758. |
 | | The parish church, at Liff village, is a good Early English edifice, erected in 1831 at a cost of £2200, with 750 sittings, and a conspicuous spire 108 feet high. |
 | | There is a Free church of Liff; and two public schools, Liff and Muirhead of Liff, with respective accommodation for 114 and 205 children, had (1882) an average attendance of 93 and 77, and grants of £74, 10s. |
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