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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DYSART [parish] | Parish of Dysart\nParish of Dysart\nParish of Dysart\nParish of Dysart\nParish of Dysart\nParish of Dysart | New Statl. [Statistical] Account.\nSibbald's Hist. [History]\nGazetteer of Scotalnd\nJohnston's Co. [County] Map\nOld Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]\nthe Sheriff's List of Parishes. | 024; 031; 032; 037 | [situation] On the N. [North] side of the Firth of Forth in the Co. [County] of Fife.\nGazetteer page 418.\n"The name is of Celtic origin signifying the Height of God. The form of this Ph. [Parish] is that of an irregular parallelogram, nearly 4 Miles in length from North to South, & varying from 1 1/4 to 2 1/4 miles in breadth from East to West. It is bounded on the South by the Frith, [Firth of Forth] on the East by the Phs. [Parishes] of Wemyss & Markinch, on the North by Kinglassie, & on the West by Kinglassie, Auchterderran & Kirkcaldy. The Ph. [Parish] is in the presbytery of Kirkcaldy & Synod of Fife. |
| DYSART [burgh] | Town of Dysart\nTown of Dysart\nTown Of Dysart\nTown of Dysart\nTown of Dysart | New Statl. [Statistical] Account\nSibbald's History\nGazeteer of Scotland\nOld Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]\nJohnston's Co. [County] Map | 037 | [situation] About 3/4 mile N.E. [Northeast] of Pathhead.\nThe town of Dysart is a Royal Burgh & joins with Kirkcaldy Kinghorn & Burntisland in sending a member to Parliament: a few years ago the Burgh was disenfranchised in consequence of some informality..... [continued] |
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3 Ph. [Parish] of Dysart 37A Trace 4
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 70 - Parishes of Abbotshall, Dysart and Kirkcaldy, OS1/13/70
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Abbotshall, Dysart, and Kirkcaldy.
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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