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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RATHILLET HOUSE | Rathillet House\nRathillet House\nRathillet House\nRathillet\nRathillet Place | David Carswell Proprietor\nJames Horsburgh Lochmalony\nWilliam Blyth Murdochcairnie\nVoters Register Co. [County of] Fife\nJohnston's Co. [County] Map | 006 | [situation] About 2 1/2 miles N.W. [North West] from Craigsanquhar.\nThis is the Mansion House of the estate of Rathillet, it is a plain building two storeys high with a large garden. Eastward is the home farm a large and commodious range of buildings. The present house is a modern structure built in 1813 upon the site of the old house of Rathillet, which also was a plain building. Formerly the estate was in the possession of a Family called Hackston, one of the members being known in Scottish Church history as "Hackston of Rathillet". He was executed at Edinburgh July 1681, one of his hands being exposed in Cupar Fife was, along with the heads of Laur. [Laurse] Hay and Andrew Pitulloch, buried in the Church yard there a tombstone with a suitable inscription marking the spot. |
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6 Parish of Kilmany Plan 6C Trace 1
Transcriber's notes
The name "Laurse" is confirmed in an RCAHMS document relating to the referred tomb.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 45 - Parishes of Kilmany, Cupar, Dairsie, Leuchars and Logie, OS1/13/45
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Kilmany, Cupar, Dairsie, Leuchars and Logie.
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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