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==History== [[File:High Street, Kinross (geograph 6830848) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[Kinross Town Hall]]]] Kinross's origins are connected with the nearby Loch Leven and its islands whose history goes back to the 5th century AD. Kinross developed as a staging post on the Great North Road from [[North Queensferry]] to [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]]. In time, local industry developed and by the early 18th century the town had grown to a population of around 600 people. By the mid-19th century, a thriving wool weaving industry had emerged.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kinross/kinross/index.html|title = Kinross Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland}}</ref> [[Kinross Town Hall]] was completed in 1841.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB36299|desc= 110 High Street, Former Town Hall |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>
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