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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DYSART [parish] Ph. [Parish] of Dysart
Ph. [Parish] of Dysart
Ph. [Parish] of Dysart
Ph. [Parish] of Dysart
Ph. [Parish] of Dysart
Fullr. [Fullarton's] Gazetteer
New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
Johnston's Co. [County] Map
Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
The Sheriff's Co [County] List of Parishes
024; 031; 032; 037 [Situation] In the Co. [County] of Fife.
A parish in Fifeshire, bounded on the East by the parishes of Markinch and Wemyss, on the west by Kirkcaldy and part of Auchterderran, on the North by Kinglassie, and on the South by the Firth of Forth. It is of an irregular form, nearly 4 miles in length from North to South, and varying from 1 1/4 to 2 1/4 miles in breadth from East to west, containing about 3054 acres, the whole of which are arable, with the exception of about 400 acres which are under wood. This parish contains besides the Royal Burgh of Dysart 3 villages, viz. "Pathhead", "Gallatown" and Boreland". also some antiquities &c. &c.

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Dysart [Note] Dysart This said to be of Gaelic origin, Signifying the temple of the Most High. New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]

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