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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABERDOUR [village] | Aberdour Aberdour Aberdour Aberdour Aberdour |
Mr John Catton, Aberdour Hotel Mr Chisholm Postmaster Mr Barr Mr Flockhart Parish Rate Books |
036 | A considerable Village on the road between Burntisland and Inverkeithing, it has a small Harbour on the Firth of Forth for Shipping Coals. It was formerly a Royal Burgh but the Charter has been long disused and it has at present no local Government. there are two portions of it known by the names of the Old Toun and the New Town. In the Old Town was a house once occupied as a "Nunnery by the Poor Clares" according to the Topographical, Statistical and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland Vol. 1. The house has been since occupied as a manse, is at present used as Cottages and bears no name. the New Town is composed of Cottages used by retired tradesmen, and others let to visitors during the bathing season. the Town contains the ruins of a Castle, and a Church, the latter has a Grave Yard still used, an Established Church Manse and School, a Free Church, Manse and School, an Episcopalian Church a Post Office a Hotel an Inn (of inferior description) and several Public Houses. there is also Aberdour House, a seat of the Earl of Morton at present let. There is no manufacture in the Parish and the only trade is the supplying of vessels in the Harbour with coals. |
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Plan 36C Aberdour Parish
On the S. [South] side of the Parish near the coast of the Firth of Forth [Situation]
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 134 - Parishes of Aberdour, Dalgety, Burntisland and Kinghorn, OS1/13/134
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Aberdour, Dalgety, Burntisland 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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