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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLD GRAVE YARD [Kemback House] | Old Grave Yard Old Grave Yard |
Robert Scott Kemback James Bell Lydox Mill |
011 | [situation] About 10 chains N.W. [North West] from Kemback House. A small grave yard in the demesne lands attached to Kemback house. It is enclosed by an old broken fence and is now covered over with mixed wood. there is only one tomb stone to be seen in it, and on this the figure of a woman is rudely carved. there is no date or other inscription on it. it has evidently been long disused as a burying ground. but there is no local knowledge of the date or probable period. |
Continued entries/extra info
63 Parish of Kemback Plan 11B Trace 6
[Note to "Old Grave Yard"] G. [German] Text.
[Note] Altho' the place may be well known - and called by the people in the locality - and by History - Old Grave Yard, yet the word Old should not be written on the plans - the character of the writing pointing to the age of the remains. o,m,o [Ordnance Map Office]
[Quotation] "There are in the grounds of Kemback the remains of and old burying ground but there is no trace of its history or of any building connected with it." New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Co. [County of] Fife page 722-3.
[Note - arrowed to "no trace" in quotation] The grave yard - see page 50 - questioned in Descriptive remarks page 50 is [underlined] another place. it does not refer to this at all O.S.O. [Ordnance Survey Office] Edinbr [Edinburgh]
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 57 - Parishes of Dairsie, Leuchars, St Andrews, Kemback and Ceres, OS1/13/57
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Dairsie, Leuchars, St Andrews, Kemback, and Ceres.
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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