Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| PLASH MILL | Plash Mill Plash Mill Plash Mill |
Mr. John Stocks Mr. William Short James & William Hendry |
[situation] On the N. [North] side of Tiel Burn. A low range of buildings at present occupied by Mr. James Henderson with a bleaching green attached used for the purpose of washing bleaching and calendering linen yarns. |
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| WEST BRIDGE | West Bridge West Bridge West Bridge |
Mr. J. Stocks Mr. William Short Mr. D. Methven |
[situation] Over the Tiel Burn at the end of High Street. A bridge of one arch across the Tiel Burn Connecting the localities of Linktown and Bridgetown |
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| HEGGIES VENNEL | Heggie's Vennel Heggie's Vennel Heggie's Vennel |
Mr. William Short Mr. J. Lockhart Mr. D. Methven |
[situation] Branching E. [East] off High Street. A narrow lane or Vennel extending from High Street to the Tiel Burn occupied principally by weavers. [Note] Venall, Vinell. An Alley. Jameson. |
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| TIEL BURN | Tiel Burn Tiel Burn Tiel Burn Tiel Burn Tiel Burn Tiel Burn |
Mr. J. Stocks Mr. William Short Mr. J. Lockhart Mr. Clunie Sta. [Statistical] Account Revd. [Reverend] J. [Isdale] |
[situation] Passing between West Bridge and the end of High Street. A stream or Burn rising to the west of Auchtertool flowing in a South and S.E. [Southeast] direction to the Firth of Forth where it Spreads in the Sands it is supplied by several small streams in its course. As it approaches the Sea between the Edinburgh Perth and Dundee Railway and the Forth is assumes the appearance of a small river more particularly between the West Bridge and the Coast. The inhabitants in their common conversation call it about Linktown the West Burn from it being on the West side of their locality |
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9 Sheet 7 5 Feet Work Trace 4 Parish of Abbotshall
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 108 - Parishes of Abbotshall and Kinghorn, OS1/13/108
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Abbotshall and Kinghorn.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the counties of Fife in the east of Scotland and Kinross in central Scotland. The boundaries of these counties were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.
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