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Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 81 - Parishes of Newburn, Kilconquar and Elie, OS1/13/81

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[Quotation] "There was once a village named Buchlyvie in the neighbourhood of the mansion house. One of the ladies Anstruther ordered it to be removed and it is said that on leaving the place one of the old inhabitants a female who passed among the neighbours for being wiser than she ought predicted that the family should not flourish again for seven generations. The prophecy is still devoutly believed by a number of people: and the fact had added strength to their faith. - the sixth proprietor within the memory of middle aged men being now in possession and some disaster having occurred in the history of them all. " New Stat. Acct [Statistical Account] Elie parish

Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 81 - Parishes of Newburn, Kilconquar and Elie, OS1/13/81

This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Newburn, Kilconquar, and Elie.

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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