[2] Several local Covenanters were incarcerated in the tolbooth during the Killing Time in the early 1680s[3][4] and, later, some members of the Catholic Church were imprisoned there after the Glorious Revolution in 1688.

[1] A clock, designed and manufactured by James Ritchie & Son of Broxburn was installed in the fourth stage of the tower to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.

[11] In 2013, the upper part of the tower was deemed unsafe and the fourth stage and the spire were dismantled and the stone was placed in storage.

[8] In November 2021, the community council confirmed that it was seeking funding for plans to redevelop the burgh chambers and to restore the upper part of the tower.

[12] Works of art in the town hall include a portrait by William Oliphant Hutchison of the founder of Burntisland Shipbuilding Company, Sir Wilfrid Ayre.