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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTSHALL [parish] | Abbotshall | New. Sta. [Statistical] Account 1845 The Topographic Statistical & Historical Gazetteer 1842 Ploughgate list 1852 Voters List County Map H. Beveridge Esqr. Provost Messrs. Tosh & Gibson |
031; 032; 036; 037 | [situation] On the S. [South] side of the County near to the Firth of Forth "The whole of Abbotshall with the exception of three farms Easter & Wester Tough belonging to Kinghorn and Wester Bogie belonging to Dysart was disjoined from the Parish of Kirkcaldy in the year 1650. The newly erected parish was called Abbotshall a name obviously derived from the circumstance of one of the Abbots of Dunfermline having built a house here in which he accordingly resided. The Parish being a good deal intersected by other parishes is of an angular shape but it's greatest length from the coast to the North West is not less than 4 miles and it's breadth which varies much at different points may average 2. It is bounded on the North east by Kirkcaldy on the S.E [South East] by the Firth of Forth on the SW [South West] by the parish of Kinghorn and on the north west by that of Auchterderran the parish of Auchtertool touches it on the west. The principle trade of the Parish is the weaving of Coarse linen fabrics there is an extensive pottery in the Links or Linktown Gas Works &c. and [Continued on Page 4] |
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[Page] 3Plan 31D -- Parish of Abbotshall.
Abbotshall [Note] Two small portions of this parish are situated within the parish of Kirkcaldy but no detached part of any other parish is situated within Abbotshall.
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