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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOLLIE HILL | Tollie Hill Tollie Hill Tollie Hill |
Mr Andrew Greig Mr Robertson Mr Curror (Netherton) |
030 | A middling Size Arable hill on the farm of Lumphanans, how the name arose Cannot be well ascertained. |
| RIVER ORE | River Ore River Ore River Ore River Ore Ore River Ore Ore Water Ore Water Ore Water Ore Water Orr Water Water of Ore |
H. Crichton Esqr, W.S. [Writer to the Signet] Edinburgh Messrs Todd & Gibson Mr. Douglas, Writer Kirkcaldy John Ferguson Esqr. M.P. [Member of Parliament] Map attached to Chalmers Caledonia Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Andrew Douie Esqr. Mr. Constable Benarty House Mr. D. Swan] Kelty Mr. Terrace Fraser's Co. [County] Map 1841 Mr Bayley W.S. [Writer to the Signet] |
030 | [situation] Running Easterly from Kelty Burn. The Continuation of Kelty Burn where it enters the lands of Lochore at The Moss Wood. "Orr a small River in Fife originating in a small rivulet in Dunfermline parish which along with others once formed a small lake called Loch Orr which is now drained and the space Converted into productive land. The rivulet pursues its way and is joined by a Stream from Lochs Fitty and Gellie and empties into the Leven in the Parish of Markinch" Chambers Gazetteer. |
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Note: Tollie - A small round cake of any kind of bread. Jamieson
Note: Authorities for River Ore (In Red Ink)] Copied from Plan 32A
Note: "There was until lately a considerable
loch in this parish (Ballingry) Called
Loch Ore from which the Small Stream
Ore issues, but it has been in great part
drained." Fullarton's Gazetteer.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 7 - Parishes of Beath, Cleish and Ballingry, OS1/13/7
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Beath, Cleish, and Ballingry.
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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