MARKINCH, a village and parish in Fife-shire, Scotland, situated not far from the Leven, 7 miles N. of Kirkcaldy. The town contains a parish church, a Free, and a United Presbyterian church, and two schools. Coal is worked to a considerable extent in the parish; and there are also paper, woollen, linen, and flax mills, and bleaching-fields. The parish includes also the villages of Milton and Thornton. Markinch was formerly a residence of the Culdees. Pop. of parish (1851) 5843.