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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAW HILL | Baw Hill Baw Hill |
Alexander McKay Woodmill William Scott Lindores Mains |
010 | [situation] About 1 mile North West by North of the Village of Collessie. A small hill of oval shape and arable, and wooded surface, on the farm of Braeside, the origin of this name is not locally known. |
| BLACK BURN | Black Burn Black Burn |
Alexander McKay Woodmill Mr. Bisset Ph. [Parish] School |
010 | [situation] It runs within 1 mile in a N.W. [North West] by West of the Village of Collessie. A small stream flowing out of Black Loch and flowing by Collessie Den, and into a Mill Dam of Collessie Village. It gets the above name from Black Loch to the point where it is crossed by the Turnpike Road from Auchtermuchty to Newburgh. it then gets the name of "Den Burn" from the above point to the Mill Dam above mentioned after leaving the Mill Dam it gets the name of Collessie Burn & runs into the River Eden. |
Continued entries/extra info
4 Parish of Abdie Plan 10 Trace 1
[note Baw Hill - faded] What is the meaning of the word "Baw" ?
Transcriber's notes
This name was pre-populated Baw Hills. There is an object of the name Baw Hills (plural) in another Volume for North Fife, thus this entry has been changed to the singular Baw Hill. Moderator.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 54 - Parishes of Abdie, Collessie and Monimail, OS1/13/54
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Abdie, Collessie, and Monimail.
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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