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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMILLA (In Ruins) | Camilla Camilla Camilla Camilla Camilla |
Websters Gazetteer Topographical & Statistical Gazetteer for 1842 Mr. Liddel New Stat. [Statistical] Acct. [Account] Old Stat. [Statistical] Acct. [Account] |
036 | [Situation] About ½ mile NW [North West] of the Village of Auchtertool. Camilla (Anciently Hallyard) is near the Road leading from Auchtertool to Lochgelly, a little to the W [West] of the road. The Ruin is apparently the body of a large house or Castle the outer walls alone Standing and these in a tottering stage of decay with numerous gaps and wind cracks. It was once the property of a family called Skene & came by Purchase into the hand of the Morays or Earls of Moray, one of whom having married a lady of the name of Campbell changed its name to Camilla. James the fifth stopped a night in Camilla returning from a Border fight where he was defeated. It is on the Estate of the Earl of Moray. |
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Note: Camilla - formerly "Hallyards".
Note: Camilla - "The Ancient name was Hallyards, when it
belonged to the family of the Skenes. It
is said to have been the rendezvous of the
Fife lairds at the rebellion in the year 1715,
when James Vth of Scotland was on his road to the palace of
Falkland, after the defeat of his army on the English
Border, under the command of Oliver Sinclair, his favourite.
He lodged all night in the house of Hallyards, as he passed,
where he was courtiously received by the lady of Grange.
It seems then to have belonged to the Kirkcaldies of Grange
a family of considerable note in the History of Scotland. It is now a ruin."
Old Stat. [Statistical] Acct. [Account]
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 132 - Parishes of Aberdour, Auchtertool, Burntisland and Kinghorn, OS1/13/132
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Aberdour, Auchtertool, Burntisland, and Kinghorn.
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