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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHURCH [parish, Kirkton of Largo] | Mr White Largo Mr Smeal Largo Leighton's Hist: [History] of Fife page 139 | 025 | [situation] Largo A large Stone building in the form of a cross and in the Gothic Style of architicture It was built in the year 1817 and in the year 1826 there was taken into the new building an aisle belonging to the old church which supported the Spire and bears the date 1623 it is at present in good repair and seated to accommodate upwards of 800. it is Situated with the Church Yard or Graveyard at Largo _ which is enclosed with a well built stone wall said to have been erected at the expense of John Wood the founder of Woods Hospital here in the old church was a R Catholic place of worship and belonged to the Nunnery of North Berwick. [Sibbald History page 333] |
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No. 136
List of Names collected by Thomas Smith C Asst [Civilian Assistant]
Plan 2513 Trace 2
[under the heading of object] A Church
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 97 - Parishes of Largo and Newburn, OS1/13/97
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Largo, and Newburn.
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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